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V     , 


HISTORY 

OF    THE 

TWENTY  THIRD   PENNSYLVANIA 
VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY 

BIRNEY'S     ZOUAVES 


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THREE   MONTHS 

AND 

THREE     YEARS      SERVICE 

CIVIL  WAR 


1861 


1865 


COMPILED  BY  THE  SECRETARY 

BY  ORDER  OF  THE 

SURVIVORS  ASSOCIATION  TWENTY  THIRD  REGIMENT 
PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEERS 

19O3-1904 


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INTRODUCTORY 

*'   *«   * 

'"PHIS  publication  is  not  a  history  of  the  Civil  War,  nor  does 
*  it  intend  to  show  how  battles  should  have  been  fought, 
but  is  a  plain  recital  of  the  life  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsyl 
vania  Volunteers,  compiled  from  diaries  and  personal  recollec 
tions  of  its  survivors,  with  references  from  Bates'  History  of 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  published  by  the  State  of  Pennsyl 
vania,  and  the  United  States  Rebellion  Records. 

Meetings  of  the  various  companies  have  been  held  from 
time  to  time,  at  which  not  only  the  history  of  the  regiment  has 
been  gone  over  carefully,  but  the  individual  record  of  the 
officers  and  men,  so  that  a  complete  and  truthful  story  of  the 
old  command  should  appear  in  this  volume.  Every  effort  was 
made  to  obtain  the  photos  of  the  officers  and  men  that  were 
killed  in  action,  but  it  was  found  many  never  had  a  photo 
taken,  so  that  of  the  126  killed,  but  56  photos  of  those  men 
who  died,  that  the  nation  might  live,  were  secured. 

In  addition  to  these  photos  it  was  deemed  proper  to 
insert  the  photos  of  the  general  officers  under  whom  the  com 
mand  served,  as  well  as  the  Officers  and  Council  of  Adminis 
tration  of  the  Survivors'  Organization,  and  other  members  of 
the  regiment. 

This  book  is  not  published  to  be  sold  by  agents  to  the 
general  public,  but  for  distribution  to  its  survivors  and  friends 
at  its  cost  value.  The  Survivors'  Association  gives  due 
acknowledgment  to  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  for  its  liberality, 
under  recent  Acts  of  the  Assembly,  in  its  purchase  of  four 
hundred  copies  for  distribution  to  the  various  public  libraries. 
Thanks  are  extended  to  the  survivors  of  the  Old  Command 
for  their  valuable  assistance  in  the  preparation  of  this  work  of 
love,  which  the  secretary  not  only  deemed  an  honor,  but  a 
pleasant  duty  in  its  compilation. 


Endorsement 

Headquarters  Survivors'  Association,  Twenty-third  Regiment  Penn 
sylvania  Volunteer  Infantry. 

PHILADELPHIA,  PENNSYLVANIA., 

DECEMBER  ist,  1903. 

The  Association  having  authorized  its  Secretary,  William  J.  Wray, 
to  prepare  a  history  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteer 
Infantry,  it  is  with  pleasure  that  it  fully  endorses  this  compilation  as  a 
faithful,  accurate  and  historically  correct  history  of  the  command,  con 
taining  a  complete  roster  of  the  organization  to  date. 

JOHN  F.   GLENN,   President. 


NICE   DAY    ON    PICKET 


PRESIDENT    OF    THE    UNITED    STATFS 
1861-1865. 


6  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD    REGIMENT 

Twenty-third    Pennsylvania    Volunteer 

Infantry. 

*  v  * 

THRU*:  MONTHS'  SERVICE. 

THE  War  of  the  Rebellion  was  formally  opened  by  the 
attack  of  the  rebels  in  firing  upon  Fort  Sumter,  Charles 
ton  harbor,  South  Carolina,  April  12,1861.  After  two  days' 
bombardment  of  the  fort,  General  Anderson,  early  on  the  morn 
ing  of  April  1 4th,  surrendered  the  garrison  of  less  than  100  men. 
On  April  15th,  Abraham  Lincoln,  President  of  the  United 
States,  issued  a  proclamation,  calling  for  seventy-five  thousand 
militia  from  the  several  States,  to  serve  a  term  of  three  months 
to  suppress  the  rebellion.  Pennsylvania  furnished  her  quota  of 
fourteen  regiments,  and  this  number  was  further  increased  to 
twenty-five  regiments.  Such  was  the  patriotic  ardor  of  the 
people,  that  the  services  of  about  thirty  additional  regiments, 
tendered  by  the  Keystone  State,  were  refused.  No  matter 
what  side  the  people  took  on  political  questions,  they  were 
united  in  the  defence  of  the  Union,  rallying  to  the  support  of 
the  Government  both  by  their  means  and  services. 

Under  this  call  for  75,000  men  by  President  Abraham 
Lincoln,  the  officers  and  men  of  the  First  Regiment  Pennsyl 
vania  Militia  tendered  their  services,  through  Colonel  Charles 
P.  Dare,  to  the  Governor  of  Pennsylvania,  which  was  accepted. 
Recruiting  began  at  once  on  the  1 8th  of  April,  1861,  at  the 
Arsenal,  Sixteenth  and  Filbert  streets,  Philadelphia,  where  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  train  sheds  now  cover,  and  on  April 
2  ist  they  were  mustered  into  the  United  States  service  by 
Major  C.  F.  Ruff,  United  States  Army,  as  the  Twenty-third 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  with  the  following  officers  :  Colonel, 
Charles  P.  Dare ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  David  B.  Birney ; 
Major,  George  C.  Spear  ;  Adjutant,  C.  S.  Gillingham  ;  Quarter 
master,  Edwin  Palmer  ;  Surgeon,  Samuel  W.  Gross  ;  Assistant 
Surgeon,  C.  F.  H.  Campbell. 

On  the  evening  of  the  day  it  was  mustered  in  the  regiment 
left  for  the  front.  On  its  arrival  at  Perryville,  Colonel  Dare 
was  placed  in  command  at  that  post.  Four  companies  were 
stationed  at  Perryville,  two  at  Havre-de-Grace,  two  at  Elkton, 
one  at  Bush  River,  one  at  Gunpowder  River,  two  at  Aberdeen, 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


LIEUTENANT-GENERAL    WINFIELD    SCOTT, 

Commanding  U.  S.  Army,  1861. 


8  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 

with  intermediate  guards  along  the  roads,  it  being  also  engaged 

in  guarding  the  mail  from  Perryville  to  Annapolis,  Maryland. 

The  post  and  troops  at  Elkton  were  under  the  command 

of  Major  W.  T.  Sherman,  United  States  Army,  later  the   dis- 


MAJOR  GENERAL  GEORGE  H.  THOMAS 
Commanding  the  Brigade,  Three  Months  Service,  1861. 

tinguished  Major  General  who  commanded  the  Western  Army 
who,  in  command  of  a  light  battery,  had  reported  to  Colonel 
Dare.  There  was  also  at  Perryville  under  Dare's  order  a  fleet  of 
gunboats  and  transports  served  by  United  States  seamen 
under  immediate  command  of  Lieutenants  Steadman  and 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


Watmough,  United  States  Navy,  both  of  whom  became  dis 
tinguished  admirals. 

May  28th,  the  regiment  was  relieved  by  the  Eleventh 
Pennsylvania,  and  proceeded  by  rail  to  Chambersburg,  Penn 
sylvania,  where  it  was  assigned  to  the  First  Brigade,  First  Di 
vision  of  Patterson's  army,  composed  of  three  companies 
Second  United  States  Cavalry  (now  Fifth  Regiment),  one 
company  Philadelphia  City  Troop,  Battery  Heavy  Artillery, 
Captain  Doubleday,  United  States  Army,  who  afterwards  be 
came  Maj. -General,  commanding  ist  Corps,  Army  of  the  Poto 
mac,  Twenty-Third  Penn 
sylvania,  Col.  Dare;  Sixth 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers, 
Col.  James  Nagle;  Twenty- 
first  Pennsylvania  Volun 
teers,  Colonel  John  F.  Bal- 
lier;  Twenty-fourth  Penn 
sylvania  Volunteers,  Col. 
Owens,  the  brigade  being 
in  command  of  Col.  George 
H.  Thomas,  a  loyal  Virgin 
ian  who  was  afterwards 
known  as  the  Rock  of  Chick- 
amauga,  commanding  the 
Army  of  Tennessee.  The 
Division  Commander  was 
Maj  or  General  George  Cad- 
wallader,  of  Philadelphia. 
At  Chambersburg, Adjutant 
Gillingham  was  detailed  as 
Acting  Assistant  Adjutant  General  on  the  staff  of  the  brigade 
commander,  Colonel  Thomas.  From  Chambersburg  the  regi 
ment,  with  the  brigade,  marched  to  Greencastle,  where  it  went 
into  camp,  remaining  about  a  week.  While  here  the  brigade 
was  reviewed  by  Major  General  Cadwallader,  the  division  com 
mander,  thence  it  marched  to  Williamsport,  Maryland,  where  it 
was  engaged  in  guarding  the  fords  on  the  Upper  Potomac. 
The  enemy  at  this  time  was  posted  at  Harper's  Ferry, Virginia, 
under  the  command  of  General  Joseph  E.  Johnson.  When  he 
perceived  General  Patterson's  army  was  about  to  cross  the 
Potomac,  he  evacuated  Harper's  Ferry  and  fell  back  to  Bunker 
Hill.  General  Patterson,  in  command  of  the  Department 


MAJ  .-GEN.  ROBERT  PATTERSON, 

Of  Philadelphia. 
Commanding  Army  of  the  Shenandoah,  1861. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


having  organized  an  army  of  some  12,000  at  Chambersburg, 
submitted  to  General  Scott  a  plan  of  operation  for  the  reduc 
tion   of  Harper's  Ferry,  now  held  by  the  enemy.     The  plan 
having  been  approved,  he  receiving  the  following  order  : 

*  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY,  ) 
WASHINGTON,  JUNE  8,  1861.  j 

Sir: — I  think  your  expedition   against  Harper's   Ferry  well  pro 
jected  and  that  success  in  it  would  be  an  important  step  in   the  War. 

But  there  must  be  no  re 
verse.  Hence,  I  have 
given  you  the  best  rein 
forcements  within  my 
reach,  and  have  just  or 
dered  Colonel  Burnside's 
fine  Rhode  Island  regi 
ment  of  infantry,  with  its 
battery  (about  twelve  hun 
dred  strong),  to  proceed 
to  Carlisle,  and  there  re 
ceive  your  orders.  A 
company  of  the  Fourth 
Artillery  (to  receive  its 
horses  and  battery  at  Car 
lisle),  with  the  battalion 
of  the  Third  Infantry, 
took  the  same  route,  and 
with  the  same  instructions, 
yesterday. 

*  I  have  said  that  we 
must  sustain  no  reverse; 
but  this  is  not  enough. 
A  check  or  a  drawn  battle 
would  be  a  victory  to  the 

enemy,  filling   his  heart  with  joy,  his  ranks  with  men,  and  his  maga 
zines  with  voluntary  contributions. 

Take  your  measures,  therefore,  circumspectly  ;  make  a  good  use 
of  your  engineers  and  other  experienced  staff  officers  and  generals 
and  attempt  nothing  without  a  clear  prospect  of  success,  as  you  will 
find  the  enemy  strongly  posted  and  not  inferior  to  you  in  numbers. 
With  entire  confidence  in  your  valor  and  judgment, 
I  remain  your  brother  soldier, 

WINFIELD  SCOTT. 
Major  General  Patterson, 

United  States  Forces. 


ANDREW  G.  CURTIN, 
War  Governor  of  Pennsvlvai 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  11 

On  June  iyth,  the  regiment,  with  Colonel  Thomas'  brigade, 
crossed  the  Potomac  and  advanced  to  Falling  Waters  in 
pursuit  of  the  enemy,  Cadwallader's  entire  division  being 
ordered  to  follow.  At  this  juncture  the  Regular  cavalry  and 
all  the  artillery,  together  with  the  brigade  commander,  Col 
onel  Thomas,  were  by  command  of  General  Scott,  then  com 
mander  of  all  the  armies,  ordered  to  Washington. 

Telegrams  from   General  Scott  to   General   Patterson. 

WASHINGTON,  JUNE  16,  1861. 

To  Major  General  Patterson  :  The  regulars  with  you  are  most 
needed  here  ;  send  them  and  the  Rhode  Island  regiment  (Colonel 
Burnside)  as  fast  as  disengaged. 

WINFIELD  SCOTT. 


WASHINGTON,  JUNE  17,  1861. 

To  Major  General  Patterson  :  We  are  pressed  here.  Send  the 
troops  I  have  twice  called  for  without  delay. 

WINFIELD  SCOTT. 

This  left  three  regiments  and  City  Troop,  one  company, 
under  Colonel  Dare  menacing  the  enemy,  with  orders  to 
recross  the  river  the  next  day.  At  daylight  the  retreat  com 
menced  with  a  large  body  of  rebel  cavalry  hovering  on  the 
flanks  and  rear  of  the  columns,  recrossing  the  river  without  an 
engagement,  going  into  camp  at  Williamsport. 

Testimony  of  General  Cadwallader  before  the  Congres 
sional  Committee  on  Conduct  of  War  :  "  My  division,  as  a  part 
of  General  Patterson's  column,  was  in  the  advance.  I  crossed 
the  Potomac  from  Williamsport,  and  when  Johnson  retreated 
as  we  advanced  upon  Harper's  Ferry,  we  went  down  as  far  as 
Falling  Waters,  on  the  Virginia  side.  I  was  there  met  by  an 
order  to  send  to  Washington  all  my  regular  troops.  They 
were  all  under  my  command.  *  *  *  General  Patterson 
was  compelled,  or  rather  induced,  to  give  me  the  order  to  fall 
back." 

General  Patterson,  in  his  narrative  of  the  campaign  in  the 
Valley  of  the  Shenandoah,  page  36,  says  of  his  part  of  the 
campaign  : 

"  I  was  mortified  and  humiliated  at  having  to  recross  the 
river  without  striking  a  blow.  I  knew  that  my  reputation 
would  be  grievously  damaged  by  it ;  the  country  could  not 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


understand  the  meaning  of  this  crossing  and  recrossing,  this 
marching  and  countermarching  in  the  face  of  the  foe,  and  that 
I  would  be  censured  without  stint  for  such  apparent  vascilla- 
tion  and  want  of  purpose." 

Two    days   afterwards   the    cavalry    and    artillery    were 
returned  and  Colonel  Thomas  again  assumed  command  of  the 


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brigade.  The  Twenty-third  remained  at  Williamsport  until 
ordered  to  Downsville,  but,  the  river  being  too  high,  it 
returned  to  Williamsport  July  2d,  when  it  again  crossed  the 
Potomac  with  the  entire  .command  of  General  Patterson. 
Advancing  to  Falling  Waters,  fire  was  opened  upon  the  head 
of  the  column  by  a  body  of  rebels  concealed  in  a  wheat  field 
and  woods.  During  the  skirmish  the  regiment  supported 
Perkins'  Battery.  The  enemy  were  driven  off.  Advancing 
the  next  day  to  Martinsburg,  four  companies  were  detailed 
under  Major  Spear  for  provost  duty.  On  the  Fourth  of  July 
the  brigade  was  drawn  up  on  dress  parade,  Perkins'  Battery 
firing  a  salute,  and  regimental  bands  playing  national  airs  in 
honor  of  the  Nation's  birthdaY. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


13 


The  column  again  advanced  to  Bunker  Hill,  the  Twenty- 
third  being  sent  on  three  different  occasions  with  the  cavalry 
on  reconnoissance.  On  July  i7th  the  entire  column  marched 
to  Charlestown,  Va.,  a  detail  from  the  regiment  patroling  the 
town. 

Its  term  of  service  having  expired,  it  was  ordered  to 
Philadelphia,  where  it  arrived  on  July  24th  and  on  July  3ist 
was  mustered  out  of  service. 

It  received  the  commendation  of  the  commanding  general 
for  its'  discipline  and  soldierly  conduct,  being  the  first  regiment 
from  Philadelphia  that  left  that  city  with  uniforms  and  arms, 
being  supplied  with  but  five  rounds  of  ammunition.  Nearly 
the  entire  regiment  re-enlisted,  and  was  permitted  to  retain 
its  old  number,  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 


AROUND    THE    BIVOUAC    FIRE. 


14 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


23D   PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEERS 

THREE:  MONTHS-  SERVICE: 

^    W    V 
FIELD  AND   STAFF  OFFICERS 


NAME. 

RANK. 

REMARKS. 

Charles  P.  Dare  .    .    . 
David  B.  Birney     .    . 
George  C.  Spear    .    . 
C.  S.  Gillingham    .    . 
Edwin  Palmer     .    .    . 
Samuel  W.  Gross  .    . 
C.  F.  H.  Campbell    . 

Colonel     .    .    . 
Lieut.-Col.    .    . 
Major     .... 
Adjutant   .    .    . 
Quartermaster. 
Surgeon    .    .    . 
Asst.-Surg.   .    . 

Re-enlisted  Colonel,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Major,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Captain,  23d  P.  V. 

COMPANY    A 

Recruited  at  Philadelphia.     Mustered  in  April  21,  1861.     Mustered  out  July  31,  1861. 


George  C.  Spear  .  . 
George  W.  Sheets  .  . 
John  G.  Divine  .  .  . 
William  E.  Powell  .  . 
Samuel  R.  Poulson  . 
Joseph  R.  Slaughter  . 
VVm.  Cunningham  . 
Wm.  M.  McGrath  .  . 
Thomas  Madigan  .  . 
Jonathan  Neall  .  .  . 
Robert  K.  Selkirk  .  . 
James  C.  Andrews  . 
James  B.  Camac  .  . 
Aldrick,  Geo.  W.  .  . 
Blanck,  William  .  . 
Barford,  Richard  S.  . 
Barford,  Thomas  P.  . 
Blair,  Andrew  .  .  . 
Barford,  Jacob  P.  .  . 
Boyd,  John  •  .  .  .  . 
Bolton,  John  A.  .  .  . 
Bolton,  \Villiam  P  . 
Camac,  William  T.  . 
Campbell,  John  .  .  . 
Cheesman,  George  . 
Cornwall,  Joseph  .  . 
Donaghy,  William  . 
Devine,  Samuel  G.  . 
Edwards,  William  I.  . 
Ewing,  William  .  .  . 
Ford,  Henry  .... 
Gouldy,  Harry  .  .  . 
Gouldy,  Joseph  C.  .  . 
Gilligan,  Charles  .  . 
Gallagher,  And.  E.  . 
Govett,  Lewis  W.  .  . 
Graham,  Christopher. 
Green,  James  .... 
Hansell,  Amos  .  .  . 
Hansell,  Thomas  .  . 


Captain  .  .  . 
First  Lieut.  .  . 
Second  Lieut.  . 
First  Sergt.  .  . 
Second  Sergt.  . 
Third  Sergt.  . 
Fourth  Sergt.  . 
First  Corp.  .  . 
Second  Corp.  . 
Third  Corp.  . 
Fourth  Corp. 
Musician  .  .  . 

Private  . 


Promoted  to  Major. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  I,  2d  Pa.  Heavy  Art. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


15 


NAME. 


Hoyt,  William  A.  .  . 
Hunzen,  Charles  .  . 
Husbands,  Henry  M. 
Johnston,  Adam  B.  . 
Johnston,  James  I.  . 
Johnston,  Robert  .  . 

Jones,  John 

Keene,  Arthur  F.  .  . 
Keene,  Robert  M.  .  . 
Kendricks,  Samuel  . 
Kinsley,  Daniel  .  .  . 
Kinsley,  William  H.  . 
Kiker,  William  .  .  . 
Loughery,  Edw.  P.  . 
Long,  Andrew  .  .  . 
Long,  Samuel  .  .  . 
McCarter,  William  . 
Mcllhenny,  Bernard  . 
McGowan,  Edward  . 
McGonigal,  John  .  . 
McNeil,  David  .  .  . 
McGrath,  Isaac  G.  . 
McManus,  Henry  .  . 
McElwee,  John  .  .  . 
Martin,  Sylvester  H.  . 
Miller,  William  .  .  . 
North,  George  W.  . 
Rodgers,  Andrew  I.  . 
Surplice,  Thomas  .  . 
Stokes,  Isaac  F.  .  .  . 
Stevenson,  Walter  . 
Sanderson,  Robert  . 
Torbett,  Henry  .  .  . 
Vandyke,  Albert  .  . 
Willoeby,  George  .  . 
Wright,  James  M.  .  . 
Wagner,  Adam  .  .  . 


RANK. 


Private 


REMARKS. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-en.  Regtl.  Q.  M.  Sergt.,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  K,  88th  P.  V. 

(  Re-enlisted  Co.  K,  726  P.  V.    Killed 
1     at  Gettysburg,  July  3,  1863. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  K,  88th  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  I,  2oth  Pa.  Militia. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 


COMPANY    B 

Recruited  at  Philadelphia.     Mustered  in  April  21,  1861.     Mustered  out  July  31,  1861. 


John  F.  Glenn     .    .    . 

Captain      .    .    . 

Re-enlisted  Captain,  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V 

Chas.  W.  Matthews  . 

First  Lieut.  .    . 

J.  P.  W.  Neill  .... 

Second  Lieut.  . 

George  W.  Nagle  .    . 

First  Sergt.  .    . 

Henry  G.  Fritz   .    .    . 

Second  Sergt.  . 

Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 

Reuben  B.  Thomas   . 

Third  Sergt.     . 

J.  DorseyAsh  .... 

Fourth  Sergt.  . 

Re-en.  Keystone  Bat.  Pa.  Light  Art. 

William  B.  Foster  .    . 

First  Corp.    .    . 

Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 

William  G.  Roberts  . 

Second  Corp.  . 

Solomon  Forbaugh   . 

Third  Corp. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 

Geo.  W.  Sloanaker   . 

Fourth  Corp.    . 

Harper  Smith  .... 

Musician   .    .    . 

Hamilton,  Smith    .    . 

' 

Albertson,  Levi  B  .    . 

Private  .... 

i  Re-enlisted  Co.  R,  23d  P.  V. 

Atkinson,  Robert  .    . 

Berg,  John  D  

Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 

Barnes,  Reuben  .    .    . 

. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 

Brisbing,  Theodore  . 

Brabender,  E.  A.   .    . 

Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 

Bates,  George     .    .    . 

' 

j 

Brickham,  Caleb    .    . 

'       .... 

16 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


NAME. 

RANK. 

REMARKS. 

Burt,  Franklin    .    .    . 
Couden,  R.  C.    ... 

Private  .... 

Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 

Clark,  Allen 
Collins,  James  .  .  . 
Cook,  Harry  .  .  .  . 
Canell,  Edward  .  . 
Campbell  Peter  F.  . 
Costello,  John  .  .  . 
DeGroot,  John  .  .  . 
Depec,  Albert  .  .  . 
Davenport,  Robt.  A.  . 
Davis  John  W.  .  .  . 

Eastwick,  R 

Fitzinger,  Geo.  W.  . 
Fowler,  W.  A.  ... 
Gwynn,  David  .  .  . 
Hasson,  John  F.  .  . 
Hyer,  Jacob  .  .  .  . 
Hennesey,  Alfred  J.  . 
Hilton,  William  F.  . 
Hahn,  John  K.  .  .  . 
Johnson,  Henry  .  .  . 
Jacoby,  John  B.  .  .  . 
Kater,  Samuel  .  .  . 
Kawson,  William  .  . 
McCormick,  Michael. 
McClelland,  Robert 
Murray,  Charles  .  . 
McCully,  Hugh  .  .  . 
Morgan,  Daniel  P.  . 
Maguigan,  Francis  J. 
Moore,  George  W.  . 
Morris,  Frederick  .  . 
Martin,  James  .  .  . 
Noble,  James  .  .  . 
Nichols,  Talbot  N.  . 
Newberg,  R.  C.  .  .  . 
Osborne,  J.  G.,  Jr. 
Pyle,  Samuel  H.  .  . 
Parker,  Cyrus  .  .  . 

Patterson,  H 

Redifer,  Benjamin 
Ruths,  Frederick  .  . 
Rague,  Thomas  .  .  . 
Smith,  Henry  L.  .  . 
Stackhouse,  Charles  . 
Schen,  Charles  .  .  . 
Schutretter,  Chas.  .  . 
Stengle,  Philip  .  .  . 

Sullivan,  F 

Tinsman,  John  L.  . 
Turner,  William  H.    . 
Tobin,  Francis    .    .    . 
Will,  Samuel    .    . 
Wakefield,  Chas.  H.  . 


Re-enlisted  Co.  C,  nth  Pa.  Cavalry. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  72d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  ist  N.  J.  Cavalry. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P  V 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 


COMPANY    C 

Recruited  at  Philadelphia.     Mustered  in  April  21,  1861.     Mustered  out  July  31,  1861, 


William  Barr  .  .  . 
Edw.  S.  Redsteake 
Daniel  N.  Malseed 
Charles  Smith  . 


Captain      .    .  . 

First  Lieut.  .  . 

Second  Lieut.  . 

First  Sergt.  .  . 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


17 


NAME. 


RANK. 


REMARKS. 


Andrew  Malseed  .  . 
Edward  Cheesman  . 
Job  T.  Hickman  .  . 
Thomas  C.  Wright . 
Alexander  Gardner 
John  H.  Landon  .  . 
Michael  Woods.  .  . 
John  Woods  .... 
James  Woods  .  .  . 
Arbuckle,  John  .  . 
Bonner,  James  .  .  . 
Brown,  Abner  .  .  . 
Bastian,  Jacob  .  .  . 
Beatty,  William.  .  . 
Ball,  Israel  Y.  .  .  . 
Ball,  Israel  R.  .  .  . 
Berriman,  Richard  . 
Carrow,  Lewis  F.  . 
Cooper,  James  F.  - 
Callen,  Samuel  .  . 
Colton,  Charles  .  . 
Cozens,  Smith  D. 
Collins,  Joseph  .  . 
Crap,  Robert  M.  .  . 
Dickson,  Charles  W. 
Devitt,  Charles  H.  . 
Davis,  John  T. .  .  . 
Dyer,  Francis  .  .  . 
Ervien,  Robert  C.  . 
Flanigan,  John.  .  . 
Fogarty,  William.  . 
Frank, John  .... 
Garrison,  Samuel  . 
Howard,  Russell  .  . 
Hooper,  James  E.  . 
Hawkins,  Joshua  B. 
Hugg,  George  H.  . 
Hamilton,  John.  .  . 
Huggs,  Andrew  C.  . 
Jones,  Thomas  .  .  . 
Jeffers,  John  .... 
Johnson,  John  G.  . 
Lowther,  John  G.  . 
Laws,  Charles  A.  . 
Lentz,  August  .  .  . 
Kepler.  Charles  .  . 
Mann,  William  .  .  . 
Morton,  Oscar  G.  . 
Myers,  Thomas  .  . 
Mulligan,  Patrick  H. 
Mehaffey,  George  . 
Mann,  Charles  .  .  . 
Marsh,  Henry  .  .  . 
Martin,  Charles  .  . 
Ogilby,  Edward  F.  . 
O'Neil,  Peter  .  .  . 
Patrick,  Samuel  .  . 
Patton,  Charles  .  . 
Palmore,  Stephen  . 
Ouinn,  Bernard  .  . 
Quinn,  James  .  .  . 
Richardson,  William 
Robinson,  John  .  . 
Smith,  Kember  .  . 


Second  Sergt. 
Third  Sergt.  . 
Fourth  Sergt. 
First  Corp.  . 
Second  Corp. 
Third  Corp.  . 
Fourth  Corp. 
Musician  .  . 

private  .    .    . 


Re-enlisted  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Lieut.,  Co.  G,  88th  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  6th  U.  S.  Cavalry. 


Re-enlisted  i5th  Pa.  Cavalry. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  I,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  P,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 


IS 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


NAMK. 


RANK. 


RKMARKS. 


Schaffer,  Anthony  .  . 
Sigman,  Jacob  .  .  . 
Sigman,  John  .  .  .  . 
Stephens,  George  K. 
Sigman,  Houston  .  . 
Tallafield,  Charles  . 
Thompson,  Richd.  S. 
Till,  Charles  .  .  .  . 
Wells,  John  M.  .  .  . 


Private  . 


Re-enlisted  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  U.  S .  S.  Tahoma. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  K,  23d  P.  Y. 


COMPANY    D 

Recruited  at  Philadelphia.     Mustered  in  April  21,  1861.    Mustered  out  July  31,  1861 


Hiram  Kirk  Spear  .  . 
Wm.  P.  M.  Penning!' n 
JohnW.  Crosby  .  .  . 
John  Wallace  .... 
William  Marfelius  .  . 
Edmond  Patterson  . 
John  M.  Watt  .... 
Henry  Schaffer  .  .  . 
John  R.  Hampton  .  . 
John  G.  Brass  .... 
Francis  Clark  .... 
Henry  Duerford  .  .  . 
Mathew  Black  .  .  . 
Adams,  John  .... 
Action,  Nathaniel  .  . 
Barnes,  John  .... 
Bothwell,  James  .  .  . 
Burk,  Edward  D.  .  . 
Clemens,  William  K. . 
Clark,  Samuel  .  .  . 
Cooper,  William  B.  . 
Donegan,  Augustine  F. 
Erwin,  William  .  .  . 

Ennis,  John 

Fields,  John 

Fry,  Thomas  .... 
Gablance,  William  . 
Gallagher,  Thomas  . 
Gamble,  James  .  .  . 
Gorman,  Thomas  .  . 
Green,  Jacob  .... 
Gross,  Chandler  .  .  . 
Haines,  John  .... 
Hemple,  James  .  .  . 
Hethington,  James  R. 
Heberly,  Daniel  B.  . 
Hueoly,  Joseph  .  .  . 
Hogan,  John  J.  .  .  . 
Kane,  John  .... 
Kelly,  William  .  .  . 
Kendrick,  William  . 
Layer,  Henry  .... 
Lindsay,  Andrew  J.  . 
Long,  Andrew  .  .  . 
McAnally,  James  .  . 
McCalister,  John  .  . 
McCauley,  Daniel  .  . 
McCauley,  Thomas  . 
McGinis,  James  .  .  . 


Captain  .  . 
First  Lieut.  . 
Second  Lieut. 
First  Sergt.  . 
Second  Sergt. 
Third  Sergt. 
Fourth  Sergt. 
First  Corp.  . 
Second  Corp. 
Third  Corp. 
Fourth  Corp. 
Musician  .  . 

Private  . 


Re-enlisted  Co.  P,  23d  P.  Y. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  I,  2d  Pa.  Heavy  Art. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  P,  23d  P.  Y. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  P,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  P,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


19 


NAME. 


McGinis,  John  .  . 
McKain,  James  .  . 
McCready,  John  .  . 
McColl,  John  .  .  . 
McConnell,  William 
Mackin,  Henry  .  . 
Moran,  Kane  .  .  . 
Morris,  Charles  .  . 
Moore,  John  .  .  . 
Nutt,  James  .... 
O'Neill,  Harry  .  . 
Paulein,  Jacob  L.  . 
Pitts,  Alexander  . 
Schaffer,  Benjamin 
Schaffer,  Henry  .  . 
Shane,  Edward  .  . 
Spencer,  John  H.  . 
Stewart,  John  .  .  . 
Swenk,  Charles  .  . 
Slanter,  Daniel  .  . 
Tripner,  George  C. 
Tully,  Joseph  M.  . 
Wardlaw,  Samuel  . 
Watts,  David  .  .  . 
Wells,  John  .... 
Wilson,  John  .  .  . 
Wallace,  Thomas  . 
Yarnall,  Benjamin  . 


RANK. 


RKMARKS. 


Private  . 


Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  P,  23d  P.  V. 


COMPANY    E 

Recruited  at  Philadelphia.     Mustered  in  April  21,  1861.    Mustered  out  July  31,  1861. 


John  W.  Hofmann  .  . 
William  J.  Wallace  . 
Andrew  Brown  .  .  . 
Martin  B.  Hillier  .  . 
Francis  Dougherty  . 
George  Robertson  . 
Samuel  A.  McFalls  . 
William  Kearney  .  . 
Lewis  A.  Blair  .  •  . 
Joshua  Harrison  .  . 
Robert  McMillan  .  . 
George  Kernick  .  .  . 
Samuel  McClelland  . 
Alexander,  James  .  . 
Arbushunt,  James  .  . 

Black,  William  D.  .    . 

Biggot,  John    .    .    .    . 

Burk, John   .... 

Brown,  William  .    .    . 

Briggs,  Amos  .    .    .    . 

Brooks,  Joseph   .    .    . 

Burke,  John  2nd  .    .    . 

Bardie,  I 

Cornwall,  John    .    .    . 

Clark,  William    .    .    . 

Doak,  Robert  .    .    .    . 

Duddy,  James     .    .    . 

Fleming,  William  . 

Fagan,  Edward  .    . 

Fow,  Daniel     .    .    . 


Captain  .  .  . 
First  Lieut.  .  . 
Second  Lieut.  . 
First  Sergt.  .  . 
Second  Sergt.  . 
Third  Sergt.  . 
Fourth  Sergt.  . 
First  Corp.  .  . 
Second  Corp.  . 
Third  Corp.  .  . 
Fourth  Corp.  . 
Musician  .  .  . 

Private  . 


Re-enlisted  Lieut.  Colonel,  s6th  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Captain,  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Lieut.,  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Lieut.,  Co.  A,  s6th  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 


20 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


NAMK. 


RANK. 


Goodwin,  Thomas  J. 
Glenn,  William  .  .  . 
Gordon,  Robert  .  .  . 
Hance,  George  .  .  . 
Higgins,  Charles  .  . 
Harris,  Thomas  .  .  . 
Harrison,  Stephen.  . 
Hazlett,  John  .  .  .  . 
Hazlett,  Matthew  .  . 
Hayes,  Robert .... 
Johnson,  Robert  .  .  . 
Kearney,  John  .... 
Kain,  Samuel  .... 
Leeby,  William.  .  .  . 

Moore,  John 

Miller,  John 

Morgan,  John  .... 

Marshall,  F 

McNally,  Thomas  .  . 
McNeil,  John  .... 
McCongle,  Robert  .  . 
McClung,  James  .  .  . 
McFall,  William 
McVey,  Hugh  .... 
McClung,  John  .  .  . 
McCanneck,  Neil  .  . 
McKinney,  Hugh. 
McClelland,  John.  .  . 
McConnell,  Charles  . 
McKeown,  Thomas  . 
McMichael,  Hugh  .  . 
Pruser,  Spencer  .  .  . 

Quinn,  John 

Rankin,  Alexander.  . 
Ralston,  Joseph  .  .  . 
Rumford,  Samuel  .  . 
Redmin,  William  .  . 
Scholes,  John  .  .  .  . 
Simpkins,  Beeford  .  . 
Simpkins,  Edwin  T.  . 

Stuart,  John 

Sanderson,  James  .  . 
Taylor,  James  .  .  . 

Tate,  Hugh 

Tate,  Henry  ... 

\Vaters,  John 

Wrilson,  Samuel  . 


Private 


REMARKS. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V 


Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  Y 


Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  Y. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  Y. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  Y. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  Y. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  2^d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  Y. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  Y. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  Y 


Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  Y 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V 
Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V 


COMPANY    F 

Recruited  at  Philadelphia.     Mustered  in  April  21,  1861. 


Mustered  out  July  31.  1861. 


J.  Keenside  White  .    .     Captain  .... 

George  P.  Anderson  .  I  First  Lieut.  .  . 
Edward  N.  McDonald  Secon  i  Lieut.  . 
John  Hunterson  .  .  .  First  Sergt. 

Henry  Copestick  .  .  !  Second  Sergt.  . 
William  Langdon  .  .  Third  Sergt.  . 

John  Parks Fourth  Sergt. 

Alexander  Powell  .    .  '  First  Corp. 

Horris  Idell Second  Corp.  . 

George  Savius  ....  Third  Corp  .  .  . 
Charles  Nunneville.  .  Fourth  Corp  .  . 

James  Smith Musician 

Joseph  Bradwix  ...  " 


Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  Y. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  H,  23d  P.  Y. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


21 


NAME. 


RANK. 


REMARKS. 


Aker,  Charles  .... 
Bikings,  John  .... 
Border,  Frederick  W. 
Bolton,  David  .  .  . 

Brown,  John 

Bishop,  William  .  .  . 
Brisburn,  James  .  .  . 
Butcher,  John  .... 
Cooper,  Joseph.  .  .  . 
Cuthbert,  William  .  . 
Clark,  William  . 
Collopy,  Patrick  .  .  . 
Cortete,  James  .... 
Campbell,  James  .  .  . 
Charlton,  Fred.  K.  .  . 
Devlin,  Arthur  .... 
Danenhower,  Geo.  B. 
Deal,  Samuel  .... 

Endy,  Frank 

Edward,  Joseph  .  .  . 
Evans,  Lewis  .... 
Fogle,  Charles  .... 
Freas,  George  W.  .  . 
Fulton,  William  .  .  . 
Farley,  Edward  .  .  . 
Gerhart,  Charles  .  .  . 
Garret,  George  .  .  . 
Grelsinger,  Jacob  .  .  . 
Gorman,  Joseph  .  .  . 
Gentle,  Henry  .... 
Haslam,  Charles  .  .  . 

Hotz,  John 

Harp,  Jacob 

Hofnagle,  Fred.  K.  . 
Howard,  John  .... 
Ilson,  Richard  .... 
Kipple,  Jacob  .... 

Kelly,  John 

Lightcap,  Charles  .  . 
McCrully,  Lawrence  . 
Maguire,  Joseph  .  . 
Malin,  Wilson  .  . 
Morly,  Thomas  .  .  . 
Moore,  Charles  D  '  ' 
Minnick,  Henry  .  .  . 
Montgomery,  Hugh  . 
McCloskey,  Chas.  G. 
McCool,  John  .... 
McDongal,  Alex.  .  . 
Masland,  Charles  H.  . 
Masland,  James  W.  . 
Nunneville,  George.  . 
Oliver,  William.  .  .  . 
O'Neil,  James  ... 
Purvis,  Hugh  .... 
Poulterer,  Stephen  .  . 
Rohrer,  Joseph  .  .  *. 
Seidt,  Aclolph  .... 
Umstead,  Thomas  .  . 

Vogel,  Lewis 

Wartman,  Geo.  W.    . 
Watson,  John  .... 
Whiteman,  William. 
Young,  Charles  W.     . 


Private 


Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  i^d  P.  Y 
Re-enlisted  Co.  C,  23d  P.  V 


Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23(1  P.  Y 

Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  Y 
Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23(1  P.  Y 

Re-enlisted  2  id  P.  Y. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V 


Re-enlisted  Keystone  Bat.,  Pa.  L.  Art. 


22 


HISTORY   OF  THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


COMPANY   G 

Recruited  at  Philadelphia.     Mustered  in  April  21,  1861.     Mustered  out  July  31,  1861. 


NAME. 

RANK. 

REMARKS. 

James  Gwyn  
Lewis  D.  Baugh  .    .    . 
George  Wood  .... 
Charles  W.  Cares  .    . 
George  Howard  .    .    . 
Edward  H.  McMillan. 
Mark  Anthony  .... 
Richard  A.  McMillan. 

Captain      .    .    . 
First  Lieut.   .    . 
Second  Lieut.  . 
First  Sfrgt   .    . 
Second  Sergt.  . 
Third  Sergt. 
Fourth  Sergt.   . 
First  Corp.    .    . 

Re-enlisted  Captain  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V. 
Re  enlisted  Captain  Co.  D,  23d  P  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  D,  23d  P.  V. 

Robert  B.  Beath 


Andrew  C.  White  .  . 
John  P.  Anthony  .  .  . 
William  H.  Adams .  . 
William  Anderson  .  . 
Atkinson,  Benjamin  . 
Anthony,  William  H. 
Alexander,  Hugh  .  . 
Addey,  Matthew  .  .  . 
Boullen,  Frederick  S. 

Ball,  Henry  T 

Barnes,  George  W.  . 
Barr,  William  .  .  .  . 
Bodkin,  Robert  . 

Butz,  Jacob 

Campbell,  John  .    .    . 
Cunningham,  JamesT. 
Cridlend,  John  .  .    .    . 
Collins,  William  H. 
Collins,  Robert    .    . 
Coughlan,   Michael  J. 

Cline,  John 

Campbell,  William  .  . 
Dunnecliffe,  Edward  . 
Davin,  Joseph  .... 
Dougherty,  Hugh  .  . 

Earl,  James 

Ellingsworth,  Samuel 
Fisher,  Joseph  .... 
Gowan,  Edward  . 
Galloway,  Henry.  . 
Hoopes,  Francis  E.  D. 
Henry,  James  .... 
Harvey,  Edward    B. 
Hart,  Samuel  C.  .    .    . 
Hollows,  Hinson    .    . 
Helpin,  James  .... 
Harrigan,  James  .    . 
Hecht,  Gottleib  .    .    . 
Kenworthy,  Thomas  . 
Kilpatrick,  John  H.    . 
McLaughlin,  Michael. 
McCoy,   Henry.  .    .    . 
Meighan,  William  .    . 
Matthews,  James  .  .   . 
McKinsey,  John  .    . 


Second  Corp.  . 


Third  Corp. 
Fourth  Corp. 
Musician    .    . 

Private  . 


{  Promoted  to  Sergeant  ;  re-enlisted 
|  Co.  D,  8Sth  P.V.  ;  promoted  2d 
Lieut.;  appoint'dCapt.  Co. A,  6th 
U.S.C.  Infantry;  com.  Lt.-Col.  : 
not  mustered  ;  wounded  ( loss  of 
foot)  Chapins  Farm,  Sept.  21/64; 
discharged  Sept.  29,  1865. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  D,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  D,  23d  P.  Y. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  D,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  D,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  Y. 


Re-enlisted  2  id  P.  V. 


I  Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V. 

i  Re-enlisted  Co.  O,  23d  P.  V 

j 

Re-enlisted  Co.  E,  23d  P.  V 


Re-enlisted  Co.  D,  23d  P.  V. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 


23 


NAME. 


RANK. 


REMARKS. 


McFadden,  James 
O'Colligan,  John 
Pilkinton,  George 
Richardson,  John 
Reilly,  Charles  F. 
Ryan,  Robert  .  . 
Reem,  John  .  . 
Steele,  William  . 
Steen,  Andrew  . 
Speer,  Morris  .  , 
Snyder,  Amos  . 
Shaw,  William  . 
Spellman,  James 
Schoen,  David  . 
Stump,  John  .  . 
Salmon,  William 
Simmons,  Samuel 
Thorp,  Frank  .  . 
Taylor,  John  .  . 
Thompson,  L.  R. 
Vonfleet,  John  . 
Wiley,  Samuel  . 
Wolf,  Thomas  M. 


Private 


Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  2d  Pa.  Heavy  Artillery 
Re-enlisted  Co.  D,  2$d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  G,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  D,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  D,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  D,  23d  P.  V. 


COMPANY    H 

Recruited  at  Philadelphia.     Mustered  in  April  21,  1861.     Mustered  out  July  31,  1861. 


J.  Joseph  Vaughan  . 
William  Blanck  .  .  . 
Thomas  K.  Boggs  .  . 
George  Reynold  •  . 
Thomas  W.  Griffin  . 
J.  Dow  Carlisle  .  .  . 
James  Nethery  .  .  . 
Samuel  Humes  .  .  . 
Henry  Maser  .... 
John  H.  Chambers  . 
Edwin  Garvin  .... 
George  Blanck  .  .  . 
William  J.  Kern  .  .  . 
Arrowson,  Jacob  .  . 
Brown,  Charles  .  .  . 
Beeler,  Evan  .... 
Bowers,  Valentine .  . 
Brown,  Thomas  B.  . 
Bayne,  Edward  B. 
Clark,  Clement  .  .  . 
Campbell,  James  .  . 
Cook,  Joseph  .... 
Dace,  Edward  P  .  . 
Davis,  Isaac  .... 
Ettenger,  Martin  H.  . 
Farrell,  Alexander  . 
Fisher,  James  .  .  . 
Feeney,  John  .... 
Fredericks,  Geo.  B.  . 
Forman,  John  W.  .  . 

Field,  W.  H 

Gallen,  James  F.  .  . 
Hunter,  David  .  .  . 
Hess,  William  .  .  . 


Captain      .    .    . 

First  Lieut.  .    . 

Second  Lieut.  .     Re-enlisted  Lieut.,  Co.  C,  23d  P.  V. 

First  Sergt.  .    . 

Second  Sergt. 

Third  Sergt. 

Fourth  Sergt. 

First  Corp.    . 

Second  Corp. 

Third  Corp.      . 

Fourth  Corp.    . 

Musician    .    .    .     Re-enlisted  Co.  B,  23d  P.  V. 


Private  . 


Re-enlisted  Co.  C,  23d  P.  V. 


.    .    .    .     Re-enlisted  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  isoth  P.  V 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


NAMK. 


RANK. 


RKMARKS. 


Hill,  John  H Private 

Howe,  John  .  .  .  . 
Knox,  Joseph  .... 

Kole,  James  I 

Keene,  Henry  F.  ^  . 
Lindsay,  \Yilliam  H.  . 
Lundback,  Silas  P.  . 
Lippincott,  Geo.  \V.  .  j 

Lindsay,  I.  M I 

Matthews,  James  A.  . 
Montgomery,  William . 
Musgrave,  James  ... 
Moore,  Thomas  ... 
Morad,  Peter    .    .    .    . 
McGuire,  James  .    .    .   j 
McCarty,  Patrick  ... 
McCrossin,  John  .    .    . 
McGraw,  Michael    .    .   I 
Naedgle,  Morris  T.  .  . 
Peclrick,  Daniel  H.     . 
Philbut,  Alexander  .  .    ! 
Renninger,  Dan'l  A.  .   j 
Rea,  Francis  D.  .    .    .   j 
Rudolph,  Samuel  T.  . 
Richards,  Andrew  I.  . 

Stanly,  E.  B 

Stewart,  Robert  .  .  . 
Stetson,  Kennell  .  .  . 

Storms,  A.  J [ 

Shneck,  Reuben  . 
Savage,  George  W.    .    ! 
Sexton,  John  E.  .    .    .    • 
Tompkins,  I.  T.  .    .    . 
Thompson,  F.  W.  .    .   I 

Tacy,  Jacob  P | 

Thompson,  John  ...   I 
Vickers,  W.  K.    .    .    . 
Winters,  James    ... 
Wittaker,  James  D.    .    j 
Wolfe,  George .... 
Williamson,  Robert  J. 
Woodruff,  Edward  S. 
\Yaterman,  John  W.  . 
Young,  William  .    .    .   j 


Re-enlisted  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  3d  Pa.  Cavalry. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 


I  Re-enlisted  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  23d  P.  V. 


COMPANY    I 

Recruited  at  Philadelphia.     Mustered  in  April  21,  1861.     Mustered  out  July  31, 1861. 


Thomas  S.  Martin  .  . 
Joseph  K.  Parker  .  . 
Jas.T.  Kirkpatrick,  Jr. 
Edward  J.  Maguigan. 
William  I.  Carey.  .  . 
John  P.  Dougherty  .  . 
Benjamin  F.  Taylor  . 
John  O'Connor  .  .  . 
Robert  Brown  .... 

Lewis  Ludg 

Thomas  B.  Neill  .  .  . 
Samuel  Barr  .... 
Henry  Bartel  .... 


Captain  ... 
First  Lieut.  . 
Second  Lieut. 


Re'enlisted 


Co-  C,  gist  P.  V. 


Third  Sergt.  .  . 
Fourth  Sergt.  . 
First  Corp.  .  . 
Second  Corp.  . 
Third  Corp.  .  . 
Fourth  Corp.  . 
Musician  ... 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


NAMK. 


RANK. 


RKMARKS. 


Berniger,  William    .    . 

Bond,  Lewis 

Boyd, John  .    .    . 

Branigan,  Patrick.  .  . 
Brazier,  William  .  .  . 
Brown,  James  C.  .  . 
Callan,  Henry  .  .  .  . 
Clayton,  Franklin  .  . 
Courtney,  John  B.  .  . 
Crippes,  William  I.  . 
Donahey,  John  .  . 

Dick,  John  M 

Dougherty,  William  . 

Dull,  Jacob  S 

Emmons,  Charles.  .  . 
Ennis,  Isaac  H.  .  .  . 
Finney,  John  I).  .  .  . 
Fox,  Thomas  .  .  . 
Fredericks,  Thomas  . 
Gifford,  Alfred  H.  .  . 
Gilbert,  Albert  .  .  . 
Gould,  William  .  .  . 
Greswold,  Edwin.  .  . 
Gunn,  William  .... 
Hullam,  Jesse  .... 
Hay,  William  I.  ... 
Hesson,  Bernard  .  .  . 
Holmes,  Edwin  .  . 
Holmes,  Reuben  .  .  . 
Hough,  Peter  I).  .  .  . 
Jobbins,  Joseph.  .  .  . 
Johnson,  John  T.  .  . 
Kaesch,  Herman  .  .  . 
Kennedy,  John  .  .  . 
Lafferty,  James  .  .  . 
Laurer,  William  H.  . 
Laux,  Henry  .  . 
Lukins,  Cornelius  .  . 
Levan,  Eldridge  .  . 
McKinley,  Henry  .  . 
McFarland,  Andrew  . 
McLaughlin,  James  . 
McNeish,  John  .... 
McSherry,  James  .  . 
Maginley,  Joseph  E.  . 
Michael,  Joseph  .  .  . 
Michael,  Thomas  H.  . 
Miller,  Wilson  .... 
Meyer,  Christopher  . 
Parker,  Joseph  D.  .  . 
Peterman,  Charles  .  . 
Peirson,  Joseph  W.  . 
Pommer,  Adolf.  .  .  . 
Reese,  Henry  .... 
Rittenhouse,  Thos.  P. 
Roth,  Lewis  B.  .  .  . 
Rotthaupt,  Godfrey  . 
Ryder,  John  . 
Sibee,  Tobias  .... 
Smith,  George  F.  .  . 
Schmitt,  Joseph  .  .  . 
Thomas,  John  D. 
Williams,  John .... 
Winters,  Enos  .... 


Private 


Re-enlisted  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  8th  Pa.  Cav. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  K,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  K,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  K,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  C,  sSth  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  K,  23d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 


,  Re-enlisted  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d   P.  V. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


COMPANY    1\ 

Recruited  at  Philadelphia.     Mustered  inJApril  21,  1861.     Mustered  out  July  31,  1861. 


NAME. 

RANK. 

Oscar  F.  Betson 
Augustus  H.  Wilson  . 
Edmund  Hopper  .  . 
Theodore  Black  .  . 
Benj.  A.  Coppuck  .  . 
Charles  W.  Norris  .  . 
Michael  Fulmer  .  .  . 
Michael  Maher  .  .  . 
Charles  W.  Bewley  . 
William  Mcllvain  .  . 
Thomas  Kelly  .  .  . 
John  H.  Williams  .  . 
William  Williams  .  . 
Antrim,  John  .... 
Brown,  James  .... 
Brelsford,  George  .  . 
Callahan,  Albert  .  . 
Chatam,  George  \V.  . 
Cline,  Daniel  .... 
Cook,  William  .  •  . 

Clark,  John 

Carpenter,  Charles  F. 
Cassidy,  Nicholas  .  . 
Donnelly,  James  .  . 
Donnelly,  Daniel  .  . 
Felt,  John  .  .  .  .  • 
Fulton,  Abraham  .  . 
Gorman,  Daniel  .  .  . 
Graham,  Thomas  .  . 
Granlers,  John  H.  .  . 
Grevis,  Charles  .  .  . 
Graham,  Philip  .  . 
Huber,  Charles  S.  .  . 
Hedinger,  John  .  .  . 
Hendricks,  William  . 
Howard,  John  .  .  . 
Hearst,  George  .  .  . 
Haines,  John  .... 
Highland,  John  .  .  . 
Jewell,  James  R.  . 
Jordan,  Francis  M.  . 
Kelly,  William  .  .  . 
Kingsley,  James  .  . 
Krumshal,  John  .  . 
Lemmon,  William  .  . 
Lybrund,  Montraville 
Lasky,  John  .... 
Lewis,  Leon  .... 
McClusky,  David  .  . 
McArthur,  William  . 

Met/,  John 

McGirr,  Peter  .... 
McConnell,  John     .    . 
McFetridge,  James    . 
McNamara,  James 
Moan,  John  . 

Mills,  John 

McDavid,  Thomas    . 
Moore,  Robert    .    . 
McWilliams,  James 


Captain 

First  Lieut.  . 

Second  Lieut. 

First  Sergt.  . 

Second  Sergt. 
!  Third  Sergt. 
i  Fourth  Sergt. 
i  First  Corp.    . 

Second  Corp. 

Third  Corp.  . 
I  Fourth  Corp. 
I  Musician  .  . 

. 
;  Private  . 


RKMARKS. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  G,  2jd  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Captain,  88th  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted  Co.  P,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  C,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  230!  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  A,  23d  P.  V 


Re-enlisted  23d  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  Co.  B,  2  id  P.  V 


Re-enlisted  Co.  G,  23d  P.  Y 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


NAME. 


Maun,  Thomas  .  .  . 
Peters,  John  H.  .  .  . 
Philips,  William  .  . 
Robson,  Claude  H.  . 
Riley,  Henry  .  .  .  . 
Remanter,  John  .  .  . 
Roberts,  Henry  .  .  . 
Rodgers,  Samuel  .  . 
Riley,  Michael  .  .  . 
Swigley,  William 
Smith,  Thomas  .  .  . 
Spencer,  George  W. 
Thomas,  Thompson  . 
Thorpe,  John  .... 
Williams,  John  .  .  . 
Walker,  Nicholas  .  . 
Weisner,  Caleb  .  . 


RANK. 


Private 


REMARKS. 


Re-enlisted  230!  P.  V. 


Re-enlisted  23d  P.  V. 


GEN.  ULYSSES   S.   GRANT, 
Commanding  U.  S.  Army  from  1864  to  Close  of  War. 


28 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  29 


Twenty-tHird     Pennsylvania    Volunteer 
Infantry. 

*  *  * 
THREE  YEARS'  SERVICE. 

"[^RESIDENT  Lincoln  having  called  for  300,000  men  while 
1  the  regiment  was  in  the  three  months'  service,  Lieu 
tenant-Colonel  David  B.  Birney,  with  the  approval  of  Colonel 
Dare,  then  suffering  from  a  disability,  from  which  he  soon 
afterwards  died,  received  authority  from  the  Secretary  of  War 
to  organize  the  regiment  for  the  first  three  years'  service. 
With  the  co-operation  of  many  of  the  officers  and  men  who 
had  served  with  him  in  the  three  months'  service,  began  the 
recruiting  of  companies,  and  two  days  after  the  muster  out  of 
the  three  months'  regiment,  Captain  Thomas  H.  Neill,  United 
States  Army,  on  August  2,  1 86 1 ,  mustered  three  companies,  and 
by  August  i4th  it  was  recruited  to  the  maximum  number  and 
allowed  to  retain  its  old  number,  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania, 
with  the  following  officers  :  Colonel  David  B.  Birney,  who 
died  in  service  October,  1864,  while  Major-General,  Command 
ing  Tenth  Army  Corps  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel  Charles  Wilhelm, 
Major  George  C.  Spear,  who  was  killed  while  in  command  of 
the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  at  Marye's  Heights,  May  3,  1863  ; 
Major  John  Ely,  afterwards  promoted  Brigadier-General ;  Adju 
tant  James  E.  Collins.  The  Twenty-third  remained  in  camp 
near  Falls  of  Schuylkill  a  few  days  when  it  was  ordered  to 
Washington.  The  regiment  reported  to  General  Burnside, 
who  was  in  command  of  troops  not  brigaded  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  Capitol.  This  camp  was  known  as  Camp  Sprague.  On 
September  8th,  it  moved  to  Queens  Farm,  on  the  Seventh 
Street  Road,  the  camp  being  known  as  Camp  Graham  in 
honor  of  the  brigade  commander.  During  the  winter  they 
were  given  Sibley  tents  to  accommodate  sixteen  men.  With 
little  instructions,  they  soon  built  palisades  about  four  feet 
high  upon  which  they  raised  the  tents  ;  a  stove  being  placed 
in  the  centre  (the  men  lying  in  a  circle)  made  very  comfort 
able  quarters. 

While  here,  by  authority  of  the  War  Department,  it  was 
recruited    to    fifteen    companies,   twelve   of  which   were  from 


MAJ.-GEN'L  GEORGE  B.  McCLELLAN, 
Commanding  Army  of  the  Potomac,  1861  to  Nov   1862. 


30 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


31 


Philadelphia,  one  from  Pittsburg,  one  from  Wilkesbarre  and 
one  from  Columbia  and  assigned  to  the  First  Brigade,  First 
Division,  Fourth  Corps,  composed  as  follows  :  Sixty-fifth  New 
York,  the  "Chasseurs,"  Colonel  John  Cochrane  ;  Sixty-seventh 
New  York,  First  Long  Island,  Colonel  Julius  W.  Adams  ; 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  Colonel  David  B.  Birney ;  Thirty- 
first,  afterwards  the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  Colonel 
David  N.  Williams.  Brigade  Commander,  General  L.  Pike 
Graham  ;  Division  Commander,  General  Don  Carlos  Buell  ; 
Corps  Commander,  General  Erasmus  D.  Keyes. 

Its  first  colors  were  presented  by  friends  in  Philadelphia 
before  proceeding  to  the  field  in  the  three  months'  service.  While 
at  this  camp  the  regiment  was 
carefully  instructed  in  drills 
and  discipline  by  Colonel  Bir 
ney,  parading  to  receive  the 
State  Flag,  presented  by  Hon 
Galusha  A.  Grow,  Speaker  of 
the  United  States  House  of 
Representatives,  on  behalf  of 
the  Governor  of  Pennsylvania, 
the  Honorable  Andrew  G. 
Curtin,  and  was  responded  to 
by  the  Honorable  William  D. 
Kelly,  of  Philadelphia,  and  by 
Colonel  Birney.  The  occasion 
was  made  one  of  festivity  and 
ceremony,  camp  being  elabor 
ately  decorated  with  ever 
green  ;  each  company  having 

an  elegant  dinner  provided.  During  the  day  prizes  were  contend 
ed  for  in  pole  climbing,  sackracing,  pig  chasing,  boxing  and  other 
games  of  amusement,  the  entire  day  being  given  up  to  pleasure 
and  entertainment,  the  camp  being  crowded  with  visitors  from 
Washington  and  members  of  the  brigade,  the  Twenty-third 
entertaining  all  who  called.  There  being  present  Honorable 
Simon  Cameron,  Secretary  of  War;  members  of  Congress 
from  Pennsylvania  and  many  distinguished  and  influential 
citizens,  friends  of  the  regiment  from  Philadelphia.  The 
division  was  drilled  in  evolutions  of  the  line  weekly  by 
General  Buell,  while  he  remained  in  command.  In  these 


ZACHARIAH    SHAW, 
Co.  F.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864, 


32 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


exercises  the  regiment  always  paraded  as  two  battalions, 
each  battalion  numbering  as  many  men  as  any  other  single 
regiment  in  the  brigade.  The  division  drills  were  on  the 
field  at  Meridian  Hill;  this  is  now  one  of  the  finest  residential 
sections  of  Washington;  it  was  then  away  out  in  the  country. 
On  our  march  over  to  the  drill  grounds  we  passed  the  U.  S. 
Soldiers'  Home;  the  old  boys  were  always  out  in  force  to  greet 
the  youngsters. 

The  regiment  was  dressed  in  a  dark  blue  Zouave  uniform 
and  was  known  as  the  Birney  Zouaves,  with  1 5  companies,  band 
of  36  pieces  and  two  vivandieres,  who  remained  with  the  regi 
ment  until  the 
later  part  of  the 
year,  when  they 
left  for  home. 
In  addition  to 
the  regular  drills 
the  men  were 
constantly  em 
ployed  in  build 
ing  fortifications 
cutting  timber, 
and  assisting  in 
building  Forts 
Lincoln,  Stevens 
Slemmer  and 
Cedar  Hill. 
While  in  camp, 
WINTER  QUARTERS.  typhoid  fever 

broke  out,  resulting  in  the  death  of  one  officer  and  fifty-two 
men.  The  camp  was  subsequently  removed  to  high  and  airy 
ground  in  the  vicinity  of  Bladensburg,  the  disease  disappearing. 
This  old  town-  was  noted  for  its  duelling  grounds,  several 
noted  duels  having  been  fought  there.  During  the  winter  of 
1 86 1  the  boys  built  a  theatre  and  every  night  a  vaudeville 
show  was  given,  two  companies  being  admitted  at  a  time. 
The  talent  was  furnished  by  the  men  of  the  regiment  and  the 
performers,  tragedians,  comedians,  song  and  dance,  as  well 
as  players  on  various  instruments  and  singers  were  first-class 
and  very  much  enjoyed. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


33 


Company  B,  which  had  been  organized  from  the  students 
of  Captain  Hildebrand's  Gymnasium,  Ninth  and  Arch  streets, 
brought  with  them  a  complete  school  outfit  and  kept  the 
exercises  going  while  in  Camp  Graham  and  Birney. 

While  at  this  camp,  the  regiment,  by  request  of  Hon. 
Simon  Cameron,  then  Secretary  of  War,  marched  to  Wash- 


MAJ.-GEN'L   AMBROSE  E.  BURNSIDE, 
Commanding  Army  of  the   Potomac,  Nov.    1862  to  Jan.  1863. 

ington  and  paraded  in  review  down  Pennsylvania  Avenue, 
15  companies,  1427  strong,  with  band  of  36  pieces  and  drum 
corps  of  30  pieces,  with  Drum  Major  Landenburg  and  the  two 
vivandiers,  making  quite  a  display,  being  heartily  applauded 
along  the  route,  the  average  age  of  the  men  of  the  regiment 
being  at  that  time  nineteen  years.  For  their  splendid  appear 
ance,  good  behavior  and  discipline  every  one  was  given  a 


34 


HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


pass  the  next  day ;  so  the  camp  was  deserted  with  the  excep 
tion  of  the  guard.  This  camp  was  named  Camp  Birney  in 
honor  of  its  colonel. 

The  Zouave  uniform  that  the  regiment  went  away  in, 
after  six  months,  began  to  wear  out  and,  as  no  more  suits 
could  be  procured  of  this  kind  it  was  finally  decided  to  get 
any  uniform  that  was  on  hand  in  the  Quarter-master  General's 
department.  So,  when  distributed,  it  consisted  of  what  was 
called  dark  blue  dress  coat  and  pants,  but  were  of  different 
shades  of  color,  with  brass  epaulettes  and  dog  collar,  or  a 
leather  stock.  My,  what  a  contrast  from  the  natty  Zouave  suit 

to  this  one  of  misfits  !  After 
the  first  dress  parade  the 

A  regiment  was  dismissed  with 

orders  to  have  the  clothes 
tailored.  This  operation  was 
nearly  as  bad,  as  the  peaks 
of  the  caps  were  almost  cut 
away,  while,  in  many  cases 
the  dog  collars  were  cut 
down  to  a  shoestring.  No 
wonder  the  Colonel  was  dis 
gusted,  and  after  a  few  weeks 
we  drew  another  uniform — 
this  time  the  regulation  dark 
blue  blouse  and  light  blue 

SOL.  FOREBAUGH,  rv 

Co.  A.  Killed  at  Fair  oaks,  May  3i ,1862.  pants,  ever  atterwards  worn 
by  the  army.  The  following  is  a  version  of  one  of  Jimmy 
Smith's  songs : 

"THAT  SUIT  OF  BLUE." 

'  They  gave  us  a  coat  that  looked  like  a  sack, 
It  would  go  twice  around  you,  and  button  on  the  back  ; 
Also  a  blouse  you  could  nearly  see  through, 
And  a  cap  that  nearly  covered  the  whole  suit  of  blue. ' ' 

On  February  17,  1862,  Colonel  Birney  was  promoted  to 
Brigadier  General  and  assigned  to  duty  with  the  Third  Corps, 
and  Captain  Thomas  H.  Neill,  of  the  Fifth  United  States 
Infantry,  who  had  mustered  the  regiment  into  the  service,  was 
made  its  Colonel.  He  assumed  command  on  the  2oth  and,  as 
per  orders  of  the  War  Department,  the  maximum  of  infantry 


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regiments  being  1000  men,  five  companies  of  the  regiment 
were  detached.  Four  of  these,  Company  L,  Captain  Butler 
Dilley ;  Company  O,  Captain  Robert  L.  Orr ;  Company  P, 
Captain  John  W.  Crosby,  and  Company  R,  Captain  George  W. 
Mindil,  with  Major  Spear  as  Lieutenant-Colonel,  were  trans 
ferred  to  the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania.  Company  M  being 
disbanded,  its  officers 
and  men  were  distrib 
uted  among  the  remain 
ing  ten  companies.  This 
order,  not  then  under 
stood  by  the  men,  was 
obeyed  with  much  re 
luctance,  and  under  pro 
test.  The  men  of  these 
companies  were  for  quite 
awhile  hard  to  reconcile, 
but,  after  becoming  ac 
quainted,  were  united 
with  the  other  six  com 
panies  of  the  Sixty-first  in 
making  the  brilliant  rec 
ord  of  this  fighting  regi 
ment  of  the  Sixth  Corps. 
While  at  these  camps 
it  was  engaged  in  picket 


MAJ.-GEN'L  JOSEPH    HOOKER, 

Commanding  Army  of  the  Potomac 

From  Jan.  to  June,  1864. 


duty,  and  on  the  day  of 
the  battle  of  Ball's  Bluff  was  under  arms  preparatory  to  sup 
porting  the  attacking  column,  but  were  not  called  upon,  the 
movement  having  been  abandoned. 

When  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  on  March  loth,  moved  to 
attack  the  enemy  at  Manassas,  the  regiment  moved  with  the 
column  intending  to  strike  the  enemy's  flank.  The  route  of 
march,  after  crossing  Chain  Bridge,  was  along  the  river  road. 
As  this  was  our  first  march  of  any  considerable  distance  we 
began  to  find  that  our  knapsacks  were  heavy.  The  first  signs  of 
unloading  were  the  black  overcoats  of  the  Sixty-first  scattered 
over  the  road.  Soon  everybody  was  throwing  away  all  the 
extras  and  by  the  time  we  reached  Prospect  Hill  we  were  in 
light  marching  order,  and  kept  in  that  condition  until  the 
end  of  the  service.  After  a  skirmish  near  Lewinsville  the 
enemy  retreated  and  the  regiment  returned  to  its  old  camp. 


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While  on  this  expedition  we  visited  the  camp  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Reserve  Division  at  Langley.  It  was  a  model 
one,  built  of  comfortable  log  houses  in  backwoods  style  ;  the 
boys  being  away  in  the  direction  of  Manassas. 

On  March  26th  we  marched  to  Alexandria,  where  we  em 
barked  on  the  steamer  "  Vanderbilt"  for  Fortress  Monroe. 
Disembarking  here,  we  found  one  of  the  largest  permanent 
forts  of  the  Government,  protecting  the  approaches  by  water  to 
Washington.  Since  the  war  there  has  been  established  in  the 
vicinity  a  Soldiers'  Home  and  Schools  for  Indians  and  Freed- 
men,  both  under  the  auspices  of  the  United  States  Govern 
ment.  The  regiment  moved  with  the  advance  on  the  Peninsula, 
passing  through  the  village  of  Hampton,  which  the  rebels  had 
burned,  skirting  the  old  colonial  settlement  of  Jamestown, 
where  the  first  settlers  of  Virginia  established  a  colony.  It  was 
here  that  by  tradition  Pocahontas  saved  the  life  of  Captain 
John  Smith.  All  through  this  section, 'leading  up  to  Richmond, 

the  once  powerful  tribe  of 
Chickahominy  Indians,  under 
chief  Powhatan,  held  posses 
sion.  Skirmishing  with  the 
rebels  at  Young's  Mills  and 
Warwick  Court  House,  los 
ing  several  wounded,  the 
enemy  falling  back  to  their 
entrenchments. 

Having  possession  of  the 
enemy's  camp  at  this  place, 
the  boys  regaled  themselves 
with  making  slap-jacks  on 
the  iron  pans  they  left 
behind.  Here  the  regiment 

JAMES  G.  WILLIAMSON,  Lieut.  Co.  K       was  engaged    in    picket  and 

fatigue  duty ;  the  picket  line 

along  the  Warwick  Creek  being   constantly  engaged.     Loss, 
nine  men  wounded. 

While  here,  several  of  the  men  were  wounded  by  a  rebel 
sharpshooter  ;  he  was  eventually  shot  by  the  Chaplain  of  the 
Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  who  came  out  to  the  lines. 
For  this  breach  of  discipline  he  was  reprimanded  by  General 
McClellan  and  sent  home  to  report  to  Bishop  Stevens,  at 


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Philadelphia.     This  was  virtually  a  leave  of  absence,  as  Presi 
dent   Lincoln  detailed  him   to   Lawrence,    Kansas,  where  he 
arrived  in   time  to  officiate  at  the  burial   ceremonies  of  the 


MAJ.-GEN'L  GEORGE  G.  MEADE, 
Commanding  Army  of  the  Potomac,  1863  to  1865. 

victims  of  that  massacre.  On  entering  Williamsburg,  we 
found  the  sharpshooter  in  the  insane  asylum,  having  been  shot 
in  the  head.  The  poor  fellow  was  now  insane. 

Orders  were  strict  as  to  firing  on  picket,  as  McClellan  did 


s 


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not  want  to  bring  on  an  engagement  until  prepared  to  attack, 
but  as  the  rebels  would  open  on  the  regiment  as  soon  as  they 
got  on  the  picket  line  the  men  could  not  be  kept  from  exchang 
ing  shots,  so  that  it  was  a  picket  fight  every  time.  When  not 
on  picket  they  were  engaged  in  working  on  entrenchments  and 
building  corduroy  roads. 
This  position  along  War 
wick  Creek  was  part  of  the 
lines  facing  Yorktown.  Nearly 
the  whole  time  they  laid  here 
rations  were  very  — very 
scarce,  the  men  going  to  ex 
tremes  to  appease  hunger. 
This  shortage  of  rations  no 
doubt  was  on  account  of  the 
swampy  condition  of  the 
country,  retarding  the  supply 
wagons  from  getting  to  the 
front. 

Upon  the  general  advance 
on  the  enemy's  line,  at  York- 
town,  May  4th,  the  regiment 
was  selected  to  storm  one  of 
the  main  forts,  near  Lee's  Mills,  but  after  floundering  around 
in  the  mud,  it  was  ascertained  the  enemy  had  evacuated  his 
works.  All  the  night  of  the  3d  the  enemy's  batteries  were 
shelling  our  lines  and  when  we  reached  their  works  and  found 
them  gone  it  meant  a  stern  chase.  To  retard  pursuit  they 
had  buried  torpedoes  in  the  abatis  fronting  their  works  and 
along  the  sides  of  the  road  where  the  officers  and  men 
marched  ;  while  a  number  of  men  of  other  regiments  were 
wounded  by  these  missiles,  fortunately  "none  of  the  Twenty- 
third  were  injured.  There  was  quite  a  rivalry  to  have  the 
first  flag  on  the  rebel  works.  Left  General  Guide  Ed.  Wilson 
(afterwards  lieutenant)  who  was  a  swift  runner,  took  the 
colors  and  reached  the  works  first,  amid  the  hurrahs  of  the 
boys. 

The  division  bivouacking  at  Chesseman's  plantation  and  the 
next  day  made  a  forced  march  arriving  on  the  battle  field  of 
Williamsburg  late  in  the  afternoon  of  May  5th.  While  the  regi 
ment  did  not  become  engaged,  under  a  heavy  artillery  fire  lost 


WILLIAM    LINTON, 
Co.  H.     Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 


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several  men  wounded.  The  next  morning  about  daylight  the 
regiment  was  part  of  the  skirmish  line,  its  position  being  im 
mediately  in  front  of  Fort  Magruder.  The  two  left  companies 
under  Captain  Maxwell  being  near  the  fort  were  the  first  to 
enter,  the  enemy  having  left  and  were  running  across  the  field 
in  the  direction  of  the  town,  quite  a  number  of  their  wounded 
being  left  behind  in  their  works. 

General  Keyes,  the  corps  commander,  in  his  official  report 
states:  "Two  companies  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania, 
Colonel  Neill,  were  the  first  to  take  possession  of  Fort 
Magruder,  as  that  regiment  had  been  the  first  to  plant  the 
Stars  and  Stripes  on  the  works  at  Lee's  Mills." 

Skirmishing  with  his  rear  guard  through  the  town,  where 
it  stacked  arms  south  of  Mary  and  Williams  College,  every  in 
dication  showed  a  hasty  retreat  with  his  abandoned  dead  and 
wounded,  wagons  and  caissons  stuck  in  the  mud,  and  occas 
ional  pieces  of  artillery.  This  town  is  one  of  the  oldest 
settlements  in  Virginia  ;  here  was  held  the  seat  of  the  govern 
ment  during  the  colonial  days.  In  the  House  of  Burgess,  at 
that  period  holding  session  in  the  old  town,  Patrick  Henry,  the 
orator,  of  Virginia,  in  his 
famous  speech,  declared, 
"  Give  me  liberty,  or  give  me 
death!"  It  was  from  Will- 
iamsburg  that  Washington 
started  on  his  expedition  into 
the  wilderness  to  protect  the 
frontier  settlements  from 
depredations  by  the  Indians 
and  French.  We  found  all 
the  people  had  gone  to 
Richmond,  with  the  exception 
of  the  women  and  old  men. 
Safety  guards  were  placed 
all  over  the  town  and  the 
people,  from  that  time  until 
the  close  of  the  war,  were 
supplied  with  rations  by  our  Government.  Like  all  towns  in 
the  Confederacy,  the  hatred  for  the  Yankee  was  quite  intense. 
One  of  the  oldest  educational  establishments,  Williams 
and  Mary  College,  founded  in  colonial  days,  is  here  located; 


LIEUT.  JAMES  JOHNSTON, 
Co.  E.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


JOHN  G.  BOYD, 
Lieut.  Co.  D.     Killed  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864 


we  found  it  used  as  a  depot  of  supplies  by  the  Confederates.  A 
mill  just  outside  the  town  was  put  to  use  grinding  flour,  and 
with  the  Johnnies'  iron  pans,  found  in  their  camps,  had  a  good 
time,  while  here,  in  making  slap-jacks.  That  night  we  skir 
mished  with  the  enemy,  go 
ing  on  picket,  picking  up 
several  pieces  of  artillery, 
with  spokes  cut,  which  were 
abandoned  by  the  enemy  be 
ing  stuck  in  the  mud,  the 
roads  were  so  cut  up,  it  was 
about  as  much  as  the  men 
could  pull  through,  much 
less  wagons  or  artillery. 

On  the  loth  we  advanced 
and  had  a  skirmish  with  the 
enemy,  losing  several  men. 
While  at  Ropers  Church  on 
Sunday  following  the  battle 
of  Williamsburgjthe  regiment 
gave  an  exhibition  drill  before  Sykes'  Division  of  Regulars. 
"  Bucky,"  our  Colonel  Thomas  H.  Neill,  who  was  a  West 
Pointer,  wanted  to  show  his  friends  in  the  regular  establish 
ment  what  could  be  done  by  volunteers.  Word  was  passed 
around  and  soon  the  boys  were  polishing  up  their  buttons, 
blackening  their  shoes  with  pieces  of  pork  rind,  trimming  up 
their  hair,  as  they  wanted  to  look  spruce ;  and  to  please 
"Bucky"  our  colonel,  every  man  made  himself  as  present 
able  as  possible.  From  the  applause  the  regiment  received,  it 
was  evident  their  efforts  were  appreciated,  and  the  way  the 
old  man  smiled  as  he  passed  around  the  boys  in  bivouac, 
proved  he  was  delighted. 

While  advancing  through  this  section  of  the  peninsula, 
the  boys,  learning  that  a  detail  of  a  New  York  regiment  was 
on  guard  over  some  sheep,  at  night,  formed  a  squad  and 
relieved  the  guard,  so  the  regiment  had  lamb,  sheep  and 
mutton  for  breakfast  next  morning.  Of  course,  when  it  was 
discovered  that  the  trick  had  been  played,  inspection  was 
ordered,  but  as  usual  nothing  found.  Proceeding  through 
New  Kent  Court  House,  Baltimore  Cross  Roads  to  Bottom 
Bridge,  skirmishing  along  the  way,  losing  several  men,  the 


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regiment  encamped  on  the  farm  of  the  Rebel  General  Garnett. 

On  the  23d  of  May,  a  Rebel  officer  was  brought  into 
the  lines  blindfolded.  What  his  mission  was  we  did  not 
learn  ;  but  shortly  afterward  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania, 
Seventh  Massachusetts,  and  Eighth  Pennsylvania  Cavalry 
crossed  the  Chickahominy  at  Bottom  Bridge  on  a  reconnois- 
sance ;  the  enemy  was  driven  from  his  position,  the  ground 
being  held  about  four  miles  in  the  direction  of  Richmond. 
Next  day  heavy  skirmishing  was  continued  until  night  to  the 
left  of  the  Williamsburg  Road.  The  object  being  obtained,  the 
command  moved  to  the  right  at  Seven  Pines,  where  it  threw 
up  breastworks,  details  being  engaged  in  cutting  down  the 
woods. 

On  the  28th  of  May,  it  moved  with  the  brigade,  now 
under  command  of  General  Abercrombie,  and  went  into  posi 
tion  along  the  Nine  Mile  Road  from  the  Williamsburg  Road 
to  and  across  the  York  River  Railroad. 

About  noon  of  May  3ist,  while  the  men  were  engaged  in 
cooking  rice,  the  only  ration  on  hand — the  wagons  being 
way  behind,  fresh  meat  being  about  to  be  issued — the  enemy 
attacked  Casey's  Division,  which  was  in  position  about  a 
quarter  mile  beyond  the  Nine  Mile  Road,  and  the  battle  of 
Fair  Oaks  was  opened.  As  soon  as 
the  action  began,  a  shell  from  the 
enemy  landed  in  a  clearing  in  front 
of  the  camp,  and  the  men  at  once  got 
into  line.  General  Keyes  came  riding 
up  the  Nine  Mile  Road,  passing  the 
Twenty-third's  camp.  Seeing  the 
men  in  line,  he  ordered  it  to  the  sup 
port  of  Casey's  right.  Moving  across 
the  Nine  Mile  Road  and  through 
some  low  bushes  they  came  upon  the 
enemy  who  were  driving  in  Nagley's 
brigade  of  Casey's  division.  With 
cheers  the 
striking  them 


Twentv-third    charged,  MAT-GEN-L  ERASMUS  D.  KEYES, 

Commanding  Fourth  Corps, 
Army  of  the  Potomac. 


in  the  flank,  driving 
them  through  a  clearing  and  woods,  where  they  continued  the 
fighting  until  recalled, passing  back  over  our  dead  and  wounded 
forming  a  new  line  on  a  wagon  road,  running  through  the 
woods.  Here,  while  being  moved  to  the  rear  in  the  direction 


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HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


of  the  Nine  Mile  Road  to  connect  with  the  brigade,  it  was  met 
by  Generals  Couch  and  Abercrombie.  The  enemy  being  very 
close,  Couch,  in  order  to  deceive  them,  began  giving  in  loud 
tones  orders  as  though  manoeuvring  a  division,  and  leaving 

the     Twenty-third,    he,    with 
the  Sixty-first    and     Eighty- 
second    Pennsylvania,  Sixty- 
fifth  New  York  and  Seventh 
Massachusetts,  formed  a  new 
line  to   the  right  and  rear  of 
Fair  Oaks  Station.    The  regi 
ment,    again    advancing 
through  the  woods,  drove  the 
enemy    into   the  clear  fields, 
where  could    be    seen    large 
masses  moving  in  the  direc 
tion  to  cross  the  railroad.  Fire 
being     opened     upon   them, 
here    the     regiment    became 
so      hotly     engaged    that    it 
was  driven  back  slowly  to  the 
Nine    Mile   Road.     Lying   down,    facing   and    firing   on    the 
front   and   both    flanks,    the   enemy   could  be   seen    passing 
down  the  railroad  across   the   Nine    Mile    Road   and  to  the 
left  crossing  the  road.     They  maintained  this   position   with 
no  support  on  either  flanks  under  a  most  severe  fire.     Fortu 
nately  it  was  high,  the  balls  going  through  the  limbs  of  the 
trees  ;  they  had  held  the  enemy  in  check  in  this  neck  of  woods 
for  two  hours.  Finally  Colonel  Neill,  finding  the  regiment  was 
attacked  on  the  front,  right  and  left  flanks,  with  no  support, 
ordered    the  men   to  retire  through  an  abatis  or  fallen  timber 
to  their  old  camp  on  the  Nine  Mile  Road. 

It  appears  now  that  Couch,  in  order  to  gain  time,  so  that 
he  could  form  the  balance  of  our  brigade,  Sixty-first  and 
Thirty-first  (afterwards  known  as  the  Eighty-second)  Penn 
sylvania  and  Sixty-fifth  New  York,  the  "  Chasseurs,"  to  the 
rear  and  right  of  Fair  Oaks  Station  at  the  Adams  farm  house, 
left  the  Twenty-third  in  this  angle  in  the  woods  to  hold  the 
enemy  in  check.  This  they  did  until  ordered  to  retire.  The 
regiment  at  this  period  was  isolated  from  its  brigade,  division 
and  corps  commanders — in  fact,  was  fighting  on  its  own 


HENRY  A.   MARCHANT, 

Capt.  Co.  I.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY, 


hook.  Reaching  the  camp,  they  faced  to  the  rear  to 
receive  the  attack  of  the  enemy  who  had  passed  around  the 
abatis.  While  thus  engaged  a  regiment  moving  up  the  Nine 
Mile  Road  broke  and  coming  back  on  the  Twenty-third  threw 
the  line  into  confusion,  but  the  men  quickly  rallied,  holding 
the  position  for  a  half  hour  until  ordered  out.  The  resistance 
of  the  regiment  in  its  old  camp,  in  conjunction  with  the  First 
Long  Island,  Sixty-seventh  New  York  on  its  left,  was  evi 
denced  in  the  number  of  the  enemy's  killed  that  was  strewn 
over  that  portion  of  the  field.  A  new  line  having  been  formed 
to  its  rear,  the  regiment  was  brought  back  and  placed  in  the 
middle  of  the  line ;  here  it  remained  until  ordered  back  to  the 
Williamsburg  Road.  At  this  time  none  of  our  troops  were  to 
the  right  of  the  Williamsburg  Road  or  beyond  the  Nine  Mile 
Road. 

Opening  fire  on  the  enemy  to  the  right  of  the  Nine  Mile 
Road,  caused  him  considerable  trouble.  At  this  juncture,  part 
of  Heintzelman's  Division  arrived,  and,  again  crossing  the 
Nine  Mile  Road,  facing  in  the  direction  of  the  railroad, 
drove  the  enemy's  advance 
back  to  his  main  line.  As  we 
halted  in  the  woods,  Colonel 
Neill  came  riding  along  the 
line  on  a  new  mount,  his 
horse  having  been  killed,  fol 
lowed  by  a  colt  belonging 
to  the  mare  he  was  riding. 
As  he  neared  the  colors, 
Lieutenant  Marchant,  in  com 
mand  of  the  color  company, 
which  numbered  about  seven 
men  at  this  moment,  called 
his  attention  to  the  color  ser 
geant  and  guard — all  being 
killed  or  wounded.  The  col 
onel  inquired  who  are  the  men 
guarding  the  colors,  and  the  lieutenant,  saluting,  replied 
"  My  company."  "All  right,  they  have  taken  good  care  of 
the  colors  so  far ;  we  will  trust  them  in  their  custody  for  the 
balance  of  the  day." 


THOMAS   J.  ARMSTRONG, 
Lieut.  Co.  G.    Died  January  2,  1864. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


While  here  the  regiment  was  relieved  by  troops  from 
Heintzelman's  Division  and  went  into  bivouac  at  the  breast 
works.  It  was  dark  when  the  command  reached  its  final 
position.  As  the  regiment,  with  its  colors,  came  into  the 

works  they  were  greeted  by  the  boys 
who  had  become  lost  in  the  charges 
*n  the  woods,  and  many  a  hearty 
handshake  was  had,  as  they  believed 
the  regiment  had  been  captured. 
The  regiment  lost  no  prisoners,except 
those  badly  wounded,  who  were 
unable  to  leave  the  field  ;  thirty-five 
of  the  enemy  were  captured.  We 
find  from  official  reports  that  Couch's, 
Casey's,  Hooker's  and  Heintzelman's 
Divisions  were  contending  with  the 
whole  Confederate  Army  —  Long- 
W-GEN'L  w.  B.  FRANKLIN/  street's,  Hugar  and  Smith's  Corps, 
commanding  sixth  Corps.  under  the  command  of  General 
Joseph  Johnson,  who  being  wounded  just  before  dark,  was 
succeeded  by  General  Gustavus  Smith,  who,  about  noon  of 
June  i,  was  succeeded  by  General  Robert  E.  Lee,  who  ever 
after  held  command  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia. 

The  rain  of  the  night  before  the  action  had  washed  away 
the  bridges  crossing  the  Chickahominy,  and  these  divisions 
being  isolated  from  the  rest  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  the 
Richmond  authorities  deemed  it  a  good  time  to  effect  their 
capture.  By  four  o'clock,  however,  the  bridges  were  repaired 
and  reinforcements  began  to  arrive  with  the  advance  of  Sedg- 
wick's  and  Richardson's  Divisions  of  Sumner's  Corps,  and 
when  night  closed  the  lines  were  secure.  The  next  day  the 
battle  was  resumed,  and  before  the  action  ended  the  Con 
federates  were  driven  back  to  their  works  at  Richmond,  leav 
ing  their  dead  and  wounded  in  our  lines. 

Seven  officers  of  the  regiment  were  wounded,  viz : 
Major  John  Ely,  Adjutant  Thos.  K.  Boggs,  Captains  Edwin 
Palmer,  Wm.  J.  Wallace,  John  F.  Glenn  and  Lieutenants 
George  Wood  and  Wm.  J.  McFalls,  and  one  hundred  and 
seventy  men  killed  and  wounded. 

Company  C  did  not  participate  with  the  regiment  in  the 
action,  they  being  on  picket  on  the  right.  When  the  enemy 


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attacked,  they  were  driven  in,  passing  down  by  way  of 
the  Nine  Mile  Road  and  the  railroad,  joining  Birney's  Brigade 
of  Kearney's  Division.  The  company  was  complimented 
by  General  Birney  for  its  efficient  service.  Company 
B  was  left  in  camp  as  camp  guard  when  the  regiment 
moved  for  the  front.  As  the  action  proceeded  it  went  in  to 
the  support  of  Miller's  Battery,  gathering  up  arms  from  the 
wounded  and  stragglers.  Captain  Hildebrand  placed  his  men 
in  the  trenches  in  front  of  the  battery  and  when  the  enemy 
drove  in  Casey's  line  and  pressed  on  to  take  Miller's  guns,  the 
latter  opened  on  them  with  canister,  and  aided  by  the  fire 
of  Company  B — each  man  having  at  least  six  guns  loaded, 
when  the  rebels  charged — they  were  driven  back.  Company 
B  remained  with  the  battery  until  it  was  retired,  when  it  joined 
the  regiment  as  it  was  falling  back  from  its  old  camp. 

Colonel  Neill,  in  his  official  report,  says  :  "A  portion  of 
the  regiment  under  command  of  Captain  Glenn,  Twenty- 
third  Pennsylvania,  having  become  accidentally  separated 
in  the  dense  woods  in  which  we  were  operating,  was 
called  upon  by  an  aide  of 
General  Heintzelman  to  sup 
port  a  battery.  Captain 
Glenn  rallied  one  hundred 
men  around  him  and  volun 
teered  this  service.  The  duty 
was  well  performed  until  they 
were  relieved." 

The  troops  the  regiment 
engaged  beyond  the  Nine 
Mile  Road  and  in  its  camp 
was  the  Twenty-seventh 
Georgia,  Sixth  South  Caro 
lina,  Twenty-eighth  Georgia 
and  Palmetto  Sharp-shooters 
(Jenkins),  under  the  command 
of  Colonel  Micah  Jenkins,  comp. 
who  was  afterwards  killed  in  the  Wilderness,  while  serving  as 
brigadier-general  under  Longstreet. 

The  next  morning  the  regiment,  with  General  Palmer's 
command  and  squadron  of  cavalry,  was  ordered  through 
White  Oak  Swamp.  Here  it  intercepted  troops  coming  in  on 


THOMAS  HABBERMAKER, 

y  B.     Killed,  Winchester,  Sept.  19,  1864. 


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HISTORY  OF"  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


the  roads  leading  from  Richmond,  preventing  a  flank  attack 
and  losing  several  men  wounded.  While  on  this  duty  it  was 
the  extreme  left  of  the  army  in  the  battle  of  June  ist,  when 
the  enemy  were  driven  off  the  field.  That  night  the  Con- 


MAJ.-GEN'L  JOHN  SEDGWICK, 
Commanding  Sixth  Corps.    Killed  at  Spottsylvania,  May  9,  1864. 

federates  fell  back  to  Richmond,  and  the  regiment  returned  to 
the  position  in  the  line  behind  the  works  on  the  Williamsburg 
Road.  On  returning  to  the  old  camp  it  was  found  devastated 
and  all  the  equipage  lost. 

LOSSES   AT   FAIR  OAKS. 

Killed,  wounded  and  missing  as  per  General  McClellan's  report : 
Union — Sumner,  1223 

Heintzelman,  1394 

Keyes,  3120— Total,  5737. 

Killed,  wounded  and  missing  as  per  General  J.  E   John 
son  s  report. 

Confederate — Longstreet  and  Smith,    4283 

D-  H.  Hill,  2500— Total,  6783. 


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The  following  is  an  extract  from  Report  of  General 
Keyes,  the  corps  commander:  *  *  *  "At  a  little  past  two 
o'clock  I  ordered  Neill's  Twenty-third  and  Rippey's  Sixty- 


to    move    to   the   support    of 
the  enemy  twice   with   great 


CAPT.  JAMES  M.  CRAIG, 

Co.  H. 
Died  of  Wounds  Received  at  Cold  Harbor. 


first  Pennsylvania  Regiments 
Casey's  right.  Neill  attacked 
gallantry.  In  the  first  attack 
the  enemy  were  driven  back  ; 
in  the  second  attack,  and 
under  the  immediate  com 
mand  of  General  Couch, 
these  two  regiments  assailed 
a  vastly  superior  force  of  the 
enemy  and  fought  with  ex 
traordinary  bravery,  though 
compelled  at  last  to  retire, 
they  brought  in  thirty-five 
prisoners.  Both  regiments 
were  badly  cut  up.  After 
this  attack  the  Twenty -third 
took  part  in  the  hard  fight 
ing  which  closed  the  day  near 
Seven  Pines. 

*  *  *  «  Some  of  the  Tenth  Massachusetts,  now  under 
the  command  of  Captain  Miller ;  the  Ninety-third  Pennsyl 
vania,  under  Colonel  McCarter,  of  Peck's  Brigade ;  the 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  under  Colonel  Neill,  of  Aber- 
crombie's  Brigade ;  a  portion  of  the  Thirty-sixth  New  York, 
Colonel  Innes  ;  a  portion  of  the  Fifty-fifth  New  York,  and 
the  First  Long  Island,  Colonel  Adams,  together  with  frag 
ments  of  other  regiments  of  Couch's  Division,  still  contended 
on  the  right  of  this  line,  while  a  number  of  troops  that  I  did 
not  recognize  occupied  the  space  between  me  and  them. 

"As  the  ground  was  miry  and  encumbered  with  fallen 
trees,  I  dismounted  and  mingled  with  the  troops.  The  first  I 
questioned  belonged  to  Kearney's  Division,  Berry's  Brigade, 
Heintzelman's  Corps ;  the  next  to  the  Fifty-sixth  New  York, 
now  under  command  of  its  lieutenant-colonel,  and  the  third 
belonged  to  the  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  Pennsylvania,  of 
Casey's  Division. 

"  I  took  out  my  glass  to  examine  a  steady,  compact  line 
of  troops  about  sixty-five  yards  in  advance,  the  extent  of 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


which  toward  our  right  I  could  not  discover.  The  line  in  front 
was  so  quiet  that  I  thought  they  might  possibly  be  our  own 
troops. 

"  The  vapors  from  the  swamp,  the  leaves,  and  the  fading 
light  (for  it  was  then  6  o'clock)  rendered  it  uncertain  who  they 
were,  so  I  directed  the  men  to  get  their  aim,  but  to  reserve 
their  fire  until  I  could  go  up  to  the  left  and  examine — at  the 
same  time  that  they  must  hold  that  line  or  the  battle  would  be 

lost.  They  replied  with 
a  firm  determination  to 
stand  their  ground. 

"  I  had  just  time  to 
put  up  my  glass  and 
move  ten  paces  toward 
the  left  of  the  line,  where 
my  horse  stood,  but  while 
I  was  in  the  act  of  mount 
ing  as  fierce  a  fire  of 
musketry  was  opened  as 
any  I  had  heard  during 
the  day.  The  fire  from 
our  side  was  so  deadly 
that  the  heavy  masses  of 
the  enemy  coming  in  on 
the  right,  which  before 
had  been  held  back  for 
nearly  two  hours  (that 
being  about  the  time  con 
sumed  in  passing  over 
less  than  a  thousand 
yards)  by  about  a  third 
part  of  Couch's  Division, 
were  now  arrested.  The  last  line,  formed  of  portions  of  Couch's 
and  Casey's  Divisions  and  a  portion  of  Kearney's  Division, 
checked  the  advance  of  the  enemy  and  finally  repulsed  him. 
And  this  was  the  beginning  of  the  victory  which,  on  the  follow 
ing  day,  was  so  gloriously  completed." 

General  Abercrombie,  in  command  of  the  brigade,  in  his 
report  says:  *  *  *  «  Shortly  afterwards  the  Sixty-first  was 
placed  in  position  near  the  Twenty-third,  then  already 
engaged."  *  *  *  «  The  dead  of  the  enemy  on  the  portion 


MAJ.-GEN'L   HORATIO   G.  WRIGHT, 

Commanding  Sixth  Corps 
From  May,  1864,  to  close  of  war 


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52 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


of  the  battlefield  occupied  by  the  First  Long  Island  and 
Twenty-third  and  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  are  proofs  I  have  of 
the  gallantry  displayed  by  these  regiments. 

Picket  lines  were  established  and  the  regiment  went  into 
camp  to  the  right  of  the  railroad,  its  position   being  on  the 

left  of  the  Philadelphia  Brig 
ade  of  Sumner's  Corps.  While 
here,  on  June  yth,  it  was  sent 
to  the  support  of  the  picket 
lines  in  front  of  a  brigade  of 
the  Second  Corps.  Passing 
through  their  camps"  and 
crossing  the  breastworks,  the 
regiment  bivouacked  for  the 
night  in  the  woods,  with  in 
structions  to  sleep  on  their 
arms.  At  dawn  it  moved  to 
the  edge  of  a  clearing,  and 
soon  the  Rebs  charged  with  a 
yell,  driving  in  the  pickets. 
Colonel  Neill  would  not,  how 
ever,  allow  the  latter  to  pass 
through  our  lines,  compelling  them  to  lie  down  in  front  as  the 
Johnnies  made  their  appearance  on  the  opposite  end  of  the 
field.  As  the  Rebs  attempted  to  advance  no  further,  the  colonel 
ordered  Captain  John  F.  Glenn  to  take  Companies  A  and  B 
and  re-occupy  the  picket  posts,  which  command  was  promptly 
executed.  When  the  detail  returned,  the  regiment  was  ordered 
back  to  camp,  and  on  the  way  out  we  saw  that  the  whole  army 
was  in  line  of  battle.  The  severe  picket  fight  of  the  early 
morning  was  no  doubt  explained  as  a  general  advance  of  the 
enemy,  but  if  so  intended  it  was  recalled. 

The  regiment  remained  on  the  battlefield  until  the  i6th, 
when  it  was  relieved  by  fresh  troops  and  ordered  to  a  new 
camp  on  the  left  of  the  line,  beyond  Seven  Pines,  being  con 
stantly  engaged  in  picket  fighting.  At  the  commencement  of 
the  Seven  Days'  Fight  one  wing  of  the  Twenty-third,  com 
posed  of  Companies  A,  C,  H,  I  and  K,  under  command  of 
Colonel  Neill,  was  posted  on  the  eastern  edge  of  White  Oak 
Swamp,  to  prevent  the  enemy  from  turning  the  left  flank  of 
the  army  then  on  a  retrograde  movement  to  the  James  River 


JACOB  HARP,     Cos.  F.  and  K. 
Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


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during  which  it  lost  several  wounded.  That  night  the  left  wing 
of  the  regiment,  commanded  by  Captain  John  F.  Glenn,  held 
the  picket  line  in  White  Oak  Swamp,  while  the  army  passed  to 
the  rear.  This  was  a  most  important  picket.  All  night  long 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac  was  passing  to  the  rear  for  the 
purpose  of  assuming  a  new  position,  while  the  Army  of 
Northern  Virginia  was  massing  in  front  for  the  next  day's 
engagement. 

The  roar  and  rumble  of  both  armies  could  be  distinctly 
heard,  so  close  were  the  picket  lines  of  the  contending  armies 
that  the  commands  given  by  one  side  were  easily  distinguish 
able  by  the  other.  The  anxiety  was  so  great  that  Colonel 
Glenn,  the  Field  Officer  of  the  day,  with  the  "  grand  rounds" 
came  along  about  every  fifteen  minutes.  That  night  the 
countersign  was  "  Austerlitz  "  and  it  kept  the  boys  guessing 
what  was  the  word ;  the  nearest  we  could  get  to  it  was 
"  oyster  snitz."  This  wing  participated  in  the  opening  of  the 
Battle  of  Charles  City  Cross-Roads,  losing  several  men,  and 
after  marching  all  night  through 
the  dismal  shades  of  the  swamps> 
it  arrived  at  Haxall's  Plantation, 
on  the  James,  where  the  two  wings 
of  the  regiment  were  united.  As 
we  marched  up  the  road  in  the 
direction  of  Malvern  Hill,  General 
McClellan  and  staff  passed  us, 
being  received  with  the  greatest 
enthusiasm.  Moving  to  the  top 
of  the  hill,  we  participated  in  the 
action  of  Turkey  Bend,  having 
several  men  wounded.  This 
action  was  fought  principally  by 
the  batteries,  Holmes'  Division 
having  been  sent  out  from  Rich 
mond  to  secure  Malvern  Hill. 
Our  division — Couch's — having 
arrived  first  with  the  artillery, 
made  the  position  secure,  and,  with  good  battery  practice, 
soon  drove  Holmes  off.  This  was  the  extreme  left  of  our  line 
during  the  action  at  Charles  City  Cross-Roads.  On  the  top 
of  the  hill,  overlooking  the  valley  of  the  James,  was  an  old 


MAJ.-GEN'L  DON  CARLOS  BUELL, 
Commanded  the  Division  in  1861. 


^    - 


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colonial  mansion  called  the  Malvern  House,  which  was  used 
as  a  signal  station  to  communicate  with  the  gunboats  in 
the  James  River. 

The  next  day  was  the  last  day  of  the  Seven  Days' 
Fight,  known  as  Malvern  Hill,  which  is  notable  as  one  of 
the  best  stand-up  fights  be 
tween  the  Army  of  the  Poto 
mac  and  Army  of  Northern 
Virginia.  No  breastworks  or 
trees  abounded  to  afford  pro 
tection,  therefore  it  was  an 
open  field  action,  because  up 
to  that  time  neither  army  had 
realized  the  importance  of 
hastily  constructed  entrench 
ments. 

Shortly  after  daylight  the 
regiment  swung  into  line  of 
battle,  lying  down  facing  a 
woods.  Shortly  afterwards  it 
was  moved  into  a  road,  hug 
ging  its  right  bank,  as  while 
in  this  position  it  was  exposed  to  a  heavy  artillery  fire  from  the 
left  flank.  About  2  P.  M.  it  was  detached  and  sent  to  General 
Howe — who  was  hotly  engaged  on  the  right — and  ordered  to 
the  support  of  a  battery.  While  passing  through  a  field  of 
grain  the  enemy  opened  on  us  with  spherical  case-shot  and 
as  the  regiment  emerged  into  the  clearing,  it  was  found 
that  the  battery — " Snow's"  Maryland — was  hotly  engaged 
with  a  rebel  battery  across  a  ravine,  and  that  sharpshooters  con 
cealed  in  the  latter  were  picking  off  the  battery  boys.  Captain 
Glenn  was  detailed,  with  his  company,  to  drive  the  sharp 
shooters  out,  and  after  quite  a  spirited  fight  forced  them  to 
abandon  the  ravine.  Then  began  one  of  the  shortest  and 
sharpest  battery  practices  possible,  resulting  in  the  rebel  guns 
being  disabled  and  destroyed.  During  the  time  that  this  was 
transpiring  the  regiment  was  hugging  the  ground  in  the  rear 
of  the  guns,  while  an  enfilading  fire  from  batteries  on  the  left 
was  sweeping  the  ground  a  few  feet  in  their  rear,  throwing 
the  sand  all  over  them. 

About  this  time  a  grand  charge  was   made  by  the  rebel 


Co.  E. 


JOHN   McGINNIS, 
Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


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lines  upon  MorrelPs  and  Couch's  Divisions,  which  held  the 
front.  The  volume  of  yells  as  they  came  on  was  soon  drowned 
by  cheers  from  the  Union  side,  and  the  onslaught  was  repulsed. 
The  first  charge  took  place  while  the  regiment  was  in  support 
of  the  battery,  whose  position  was  in  the  bend  of  the  line  at 
its  turn  to  the  right.  When  the  rebel  battery  was  silenced  the 
regiment  was  moved  to  the  left,  reporting  to  its  brigade  com 
mander,  General  Abercrombie,  and,  swinging  into  line  of 


i^^fc 


SHALER'S    BRI<;.\I)K 
at  Marye's  Heights,  May  3,  1863. 

battle,  relieved  two  of  the  regiments  of  the  brigade  in  Couch's 
line.  ^  The  left  of  the  regiment  was  here  in  a  most  trying 
position,  as  the  batteries  immediately  in  the  rear  were  firing 
over  the  heads  of  the  men.  Several  were  killed  and  wounded 
by  the  premature  explosion  of  our  own  shells,  but  the  position 
was  a  vital  one  and  necessary  to  maintain.  Colonel  Neill 
riding  up  to  the  artillery,  demanded  that  the  guns  be  more  ele- 


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vated  so  as  to  clear  the  line.  Soon  was  discerned,  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  across  the  clear  fields,  three  lines  of  battle  emerging  from 
the  woods  in  division  front.  They  swept  on — the  batteries, 
meanwhile,  making  great  gaps  in  their  lines — until  well  within 
range,  when  our  lines  opened  on  them.  The  Twenty-third 
held  its  fire  until  the  enemy  were  close  up,  when  we  poured 
in  a  point-blank  volley,  rapidly  loading,  and  firing  with  fearful 
effect.  The  men  did  not  take  time  enough  to  return  the 


MAJ.-GEN'L   DARIUS   N.  COUCH, 
Commanding  3rd  Division,  Sixth  Corps. 

rammers,  but  stuck  them  in  the  ground,  continuing  until  the 
enemy  was  finally  forced  to  retire.  As  the  smoke  lifted  off  the 
field,  the  Rebs  were  again  observed  to  be  advancing  at  a  charge, 
and,  when  within  one  hundred  yards  of  our  line,  with  yells  they 
came  on  at  a  double-quick.  It  was  a  most  critical  moment, 
but  our  men  held  firm,  pouring  into  the  enemy  a  constant 
fire,  finally  compelling  them  to  again  beat  a  retreat.  It  was 


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now  quite  dark,  and  our  ammunition  was  exhausted,  sixty 
rounds  having  been  used  in  the  action.  When  the  engage 
ment  closed  the  regiment  stacked  arms  on  the  field,  Colonel 
Neill  informing  the  men  that  we  must  depend  upon  the 
bayonet  until  relieved  or  until  he  could  get  ammunition.  It 
was  our  luck  to  bivouac  in  front  of  some  wheat  stacks,  and 
soon  we  were  sleeping  as  unconcerned  as  if  ensconced  in  a 
feather  bed. 

It  appears  that  at  the  opening  of  the  fight  General  Lee, 
feeling  unwell,  called  General  Longstreet  to  temporary  ser 
vice  near  him,  while  he  rode  to  the  left  with  Jackson's  column 


MALVERN   HILL  HOUSE. 

This  stands  on  the  apex  of  the  hill  overlooking  the  valley  of  the  James  River.      During 
the  battle  it  was  used  as  a  Signal  Station. 

to  view  the  troops  on  that  front.  Longstreet  was  ordered  to 
make  a  reconnoissance  with  the  divisions  of  Huger  and 
Magruder  to  the  right,  and  to  report  the  feasibility  of  an 
aggressive  battle.  An  elevated  plateau  was  found  on  their 
right  front,  as  high  as  that  on  the  Union  side,  from  which  a  view 
was  possible  along  the  Union  front  and  of  the  open  ground 
as  far  as  Jackson's  field.  From  the  crest  of  this  ridge,  the 
ground  dropped  off  sharply  some  eighteen  inches  or  two  feet  to  a 
lower  terrace,  forming  a  natural  parapet  and  terre-plein  capable 
f  accommodating  sixty  guns  massed.  Longstreet  reported 


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to  Lee  that  Porter's  batteries,  under  the  cross-fire  of  the  Con 
federates  thus  posted  on  his  left  and  front,  could  be  thrown 
into  disorder  and  in  this  manner  make  way  for  combined 
assaults  of  the  infantry.  Lee  ordered  a  disposition  of  his 
forces  accordingly,  sending  the 
pioneer  corps  to  cut  a  road  for 
the  batteries  in  this  position  on 
their  right. 

The  most  convenient  point 
for  observing  the  effect  of  the 
artillery  fire  was  occupied  by 
General  Armistead's  brigade, 
obliquely  and  in  front  of  Mor- 
relPs  division.  Porter,  whose 
batteries  had  been  engaged 
with  Jackson  on  the  left  of  the 
Confederate  position,  as  soon 
as  he  discovered  their  artillery 
going  into  position  to  his  left 
and  front,  concentrated  his  fire 
in  that  direction,  and  as  fast  as 
they  came  into  position,  piled 
them  into  a  mass,  rendering  them  hors  du  combat. 
this  time  concluded  to  make  an  effort  to  turn  the  Union  right, 
and,  with  Longstreet,  rode  in  that  direction  in  search  of  a 
route,  at  the  same  time  ordering  the  reserves  to  make  the 
move.  As  they  started  on  the  march  the  troops  on  their 
right  advanced  and  were  soon  engaged.  The  march  was 
arrested,  and  soon  the  assault  along  the  line  from  left  to  right 
began.  The  Confederates  attacked  in  splendid  style,  making 
repeated  brave  charges.  Finally,  however,  they  were  repulsed 
along  the  entire  line. 

The  writer  afterwards  had  a  conversation  about  the  battle 
with  a  Confederate  sergeant  who  was  wounded  and  captured 
in  one  of  the  later  battles,  and  in  speaking  of  this  engagement 
he  said  that  after  the  last  charge  he  was  unable  to  find  any 
member  of  his  company  until  9  o'clock  the  next  morning, 
that  the  roads  and  woods  were  filled  with  their  demoralized 
troops  en  route  to  Richmond,  and  it  was  not  until  1 1  A.  M. 
the  next  day  that  as  one  of  the  skirmishers  advanced  to  our 
position  to  agreeably  find  our  army  gone. 


MAJ.-GEN'L  JOHN  NEWTON. 
Commanding  3rd  Division,  Sixth  Corps. 

Lee  about 


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The  troops  that  fought  this  battle  were  MorrelPs,  Couch's, 
Sykes',  Hooker's  and  Kearney's  Divisions  of  the  Union  Army 
against  Magruder's,  Hugar's,  D.  H.  Hill's,  Whiting's,  Ewell's 
and  A.  P.  Hill's  Divisions  of  the  Confederate  forces,  the 
brunt  of  the  attacks  falling  upon  MorrelPs  Division  of  Porter's 
Corps  and  Couch's  Division  of  Keyes'  Corps.  The  Confederate 
loss  was  5000 ;  Union  loss  was  2000  killed  and  wounded. 


REPORT  OF  BRIG.   GEN.    JOHN   J.   ABERCROMBIE,   U.   S., 
Commanding  Second  Brigade  at  the  Battle  of  Malvern  Hill. 
Headquarters  Abercrombie's  Brigade. 
Camp  near  Harrison's  Landing,  Va. ,  July  12,  1862. 

CAPTAIN  : — I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  report  of  the 
part  taken  by  my  brigade  in  the  action  of  ist  July,  1862: 

On  the  3oth  of  June,  my  brigade  crossed  Turkey  Creek  Bridge 
and  proceeded  on  the  road  to  Richmond  about  two  miles,  and  deployed 
into  line  of  battle  to  the  right  of  the  road  in  an  elevated  field,  where  it 
remained  for  a  few  hours;  but  finding  my  position  much  exposed  to  the 
enemy's  shells  at  long  range,  another  and  a  less  exposed  position  was 

taken.  No  advances  being  made 
by  the  rebels,  the  brigade  bivou 
acked  for  the  night. 

Early  on  the  morning  of  the 
ist  instant,  orders  from  division 
headquarters  were  received  to 
cross  a  ravine  immediately  in 
front  of  my  line,  to  support  a  por 
tion  of  Howe's  brigade  and  sev 
eral  batteries  previously  advanced 
to  Malvern  Hill.  It  was  soon 
discovered  the  enemy  was  pre 
paring  for  an  attack,  both  in  front 
and  on  our  left,  as  they  were  seen 
to  emerge  in  great  force  in  both 
directions.  Two  regiments,  viz. , 
the  First  U.  S.  Chasseurs,  and 
the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  Vol 
unteers,  moved  up  to  the  support  of  Griffin's  battery,  and  the  Sixty-sec 
ond  New  York.  With  the  three  other  regiments  of  my  brigade,  viz. , 
Thirty-first  and  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers  and  First  Long 
Island,  I  moved  to  the  support  of  General  Howe's  brigade,  and  took 


JOHN  CARROLL, 
Co.  E.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


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up  a  position  on  the  crest  of  the  hill  on  the  right  of  the  tongue  of  woods. 
Subsequently  the  First  U.  S.  Chasseurs  and  Thirty-first  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers  were  ordered  to  take  up  their  position  in  line  of  battle  across 
the  extreme  point  of  this  tongue  of  woods  in  support  of  General  Pal 
mer's  brigade.  The  Twenty-third 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers  were 
sent  to  the  support  of  General 
Howe's  brigade,  while  the  re 
maining  regiments,  First  Long 
Island  Volunteers  and  Sixty-first 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  formed 
line  of  battle  on  the  edge  of  tim 
ber,  almost  perpendicular  to  the 
batteries.  The  enemy  appearing 
in  large  force  on  the  left,  with 
the  obvious  intention  of  charging 
the  batteries,  the  Long  Island  and 
Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  Volun 
teers,  changed  front  by  the  left, 
and  forming  in  front  and  under 


ALBERT   G.    RUSSELL, 
Co.  C.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


the  fire  of  the  batteries,  they  held 
this  position  under  a  heavy  fire 
of  the  enemy,  until  relieved  (their 
ammunition  being  exhausted)  by  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volun 
teers,  Colonel  Neill,  who  continued  a  heavy  fire  upon  the  enemy  until 
dark,  when  sixty  rounds  per  man  having  been  expended,  they  were 
relieved  by  a  regiment  of  General  Sickel's  brigade. 

The  First  Chasseurs  and  the  Thirty-first  Pennsylvania  Volunteers 
meanwhile  had  been  under  a  heavy  fire  from  the  enemy's  artillery  and 
infantry,  and  after  expending  all  their  ammunition,  they  were  relieved 
by  some  regiments  of  General  Hooker's  division. 

The  brigade  then  returned  to  the  position  they  had  occupied  in 
the  morning,  where  they  bivouacked  until  orders  were  received  to  take 
up  the  line  of  march. 

From  early  in  the  morning  until  dark,  the  brigade  was  exposed  to 
a  storm  of  shot  and  shell  from  the  enemy's  batteries,  and  during  the 
afternoon  was  hotly  engaged  with  a  much  superior  force  of  the  enemy's 
infantry. 

During  the  heat  of  the  contest,  and  while  the  brigade  was  between 
the  enemy  and  our  own  batteries  (which  were  firing  over  their  heads), 
several  unfortunate  accidents  occurred,  which  resulted  in  the  loss  of 
several  men.  In  consequence,  I  was  induced  to  ride  up  to  them,  with 
a  view  of  increasing  the  elevation  of  some  of  the  pieces,  and  again  to 
communicate  with  the  division  commander,  General  Couch,  whom  I 


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found  nearby,  in  a  much  exposed  position,  calmly  directing  the  opera 
tions  of  his  division,  when  I  informed  him  of  the  fact  that  most  of  the 
regiments  of  my  brigade  had  expended  all  of  their  ammunition  (60 
rounds),  when  a  portion  of  General  Hooker's  division  was  ordered  to 
relieve  him. 

The  regiments  comprising  my  brigade  all  acquitted  themselves 
throughout  the  battle  in  a  highly  commendable  manner,  and  acted, 
with  a  very  few  exceptions,  like  veterans.  If  the  Sixty-first  Pennsyl 
vania  Volunteers  ever  lost  anything  previously,  they  more  than  regained 
it  this  time.  The  commanders  of  regiments — Colonel  Shaler,  of  the 
First  Chasseurs;  Colonel  Cross,  of  the  First  Long  Island;  Colonel 
Neill,  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Vallee. 

commanding  temporarily  the 
Sixty-first  Pennsylvania — exhib 
ited  a  great  degree  of  coolness, 
and  managed  their  regiments  in 
a  most  satisfactory  manner.  Col 
onel  Williams'  regiment  having 
been  engaged  for  the  greater  part 
of  the  time  farther  to  the  right 
with  General  Howe's  brigade,  I 
am  unable  to  say  more  than  this. 
From  their  uniform  good  conduct 
in  other  battles,  I  have  no  doubt 
that  it  and  its  commander  con 
ducted  themselves  most  gallantly. 
In  alluding  to  the  line  offi 
cers,  I  should  be  doing  a  great 
injustice  to  my  personal  staff, 

HENRY  TATE,  Lieutenants  Appleton  and  Slip- 

Co.  E.     Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

per,  were  I   to  omit  alluding  to 

their  soldierly  bearing  and  promptness  in  communicating  my  orders 
during  the  hottest  of  the  fight,  and,  of  some  seven  or  eight  it 
has  been  my  lot  to  be  engaged  in  during  a  long  period  of  military 
life,  the  hottest  of  them  all.  These  gentlemen — Lieutenant  Appleton 
particularly — conducted  regiments  to  their  respective  positions  in  the 
coolest  and  most  gallant  manner,  for  which  they  deserve  especial  at 
tention. 

A  tabular  account,  together  with  a  nominal  list  of  killed,  wounded 
and  missing,  has  already  been  forwarded. 

I  am,  captain,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

J.  J.  ABERCROMBIE, 
Brigadier- General,  Commanding  Brigade. 
CAPTAIN  FRANCIS  A.  WALKER, 
Assistant  Adjutant-General. 


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REPORT  OF  BRIG.  GEN.  ALBION  P.   HOWE, 

Commanding  First  Brigade,  at  the  Battle  of  Malvern  Hill. 

Headquarters  Howe's  Brigade,  Couch's  Division. 

Harrison's  Landing,  Va.,  July  5,  1862. 

CAPTAIN: — In  obedience  to  the  instructions  from  the  headquarters 
of  the  First  Division,  Fourth  Army  Corps,  I  have  the  honor  to  submit 
a  report  of  the  operations  of  the  brigade  under  my  command  at  the 
battle' bf  Malvern  Hill,  on  the  ist  instant. 


BVT.  MAJ.-GEN'L   DAVID   A.  RUSSELL, 
Division  Commander     Killed  at  Winchester,  Sept.  19,  1864. 

The  brigade  on  that  day  was  composed  of  the  following  regiments, 
viz:  The  One  Hundred  and  Second  Pennsylvania,  commanded  by  Col 
onel  Rowley  ;  the  Ninety-eighth  Pennsylvania,  commanded  by  Colonel 
Ballier  ;  the  Ninety-third  Pennsylvania,  commanded  by  Captain  Long; 
the  Sixty-second  New  York,  commanded  by  Colonel  Nevin, 
and  the  Fifty-fifth  New  York,  commanded  by  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Thourot. 

The  position  of  the  brigade  was  on  the  right  of  the  division  line  of 


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battle,  the  right  of  the  brigade  resting  on  a  deep  ravine  running 
obliquely  to  the  front,  and  impassable  for  artillery  and  cavalry,  but  prac 
ticable  for  infantry,  the  edge  of  the  ravine  on  the  right  being  covered 
by  a  thin  belt  of  woods.  From  the  right  the  brigade  line  extended 
to  the  left  in  an  open  field,  except  at  a  small  space  of  woods  which 

covered  the  left  centre.  The 
ground  in  our  rear  was  uncov 
ered  for  three-fourths  of  a  mile. 

In  front  of  our  line  of  battle 
the  ground  was  open  and  admitted 
the  easy  passage  of  any  troops  ex 
cept  in  front  of  our  left  centre, 
which  was  wooded,  the  cover  ex 
tending  to  within  some  500  yards 
of  our  front.  The  brigade  line  was 
formed  a  little  before  8  A.  M., 
and  immediately  after  Captain 
Moser's  (?)  New  York  battery  re 
ported  to  me  and  was  posted  in 
our  line  so  as  to  sweep  the  open 
ground  in  our  front,  and  if  neces 
sary  to  shell  the  woods.  Before 
the  enemy  had  completed  his  dis 
position  for  attack,  having  already 
got  some  of  his  artillery  into  position  in  our  front,  an  order  was  re 
ceived  withdrawing  Captain  Moser's  (?)  battery,  and  although  the 
ground  was  admirably  adapted  for  the  play  of  artillery,  I  was  left  for  a 
time  without  any  with  which  I  could  reply  to  that  of  the  enemy.  A 
little  before  9  A.  M.  the  enemy  succeeded  in  placing  a  field  battery 
about  1200  yards  in  advance  of  our  front,  and  a  second  battery  at  a 
more  distant  point  to  our  right  and  front. 

When  the  enemy,  without  any  annoyance  from  us,  had  quite 
completed  his  artilleryj  preparations,  he  opened  fire  upon  our  lines 
with  his  two  batteries.  Their  artillerymen  were  without  the  range  of 
our  rifles,  and  I  ordered  the  brigade  to  lie  down  and  await  the  advance 
of  their  infantry. 

The  rebel  battery  nearest  us  was  worked  with  much  speed  and 
some  skill,  occasionally  doing  some  little  injury  within  our  lines  ;  but 
the  battery  more  distant  was  not  worthy  of  any  notice,  doing  us  no 
manner  of  injury  or  even  approaching  it. 

When  the  rebel  batteries  had  continued  their  fire  to  their  satisfac 
tion  the  enemy  then  formed,  under  cover  of  the  woods  in  our  front,  a 
large  body  of  infantry,  and  attacked  our  centre.  When  the  attacking 
force  came  within  the  range  of  our  arms  our  whole  line  sprung  to  their 


WILLIAM  JOHNSON, 
Co.  E.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 


1864. 


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feet  and  poured  into  the  enemy  a  withering  fire.  The  rebels  stood  up 
well  to  their  work  and  largely  outnumbered  us,  but  our  men  had  the 
vantage  ground  and  were  determined  not  to  yield  it.  The  firing  con 
tinued  with  much  violence  on  both  sides,  but  the  fire  of  the  enemy, 
being  generally  too  high,  did  us  comparatively  little  injury.  Soon, 
however,  the  advantage  of  our  grounds  and  the  superiority  of  our  arms 
became  evident  in  the  effect  of  our  fire  upon  the  enemy.  The  enemy 
began  to  waiver.  I  then  ordered  the  One  Hundred  and  Second  Penn 
sylvania,  Colonel  Rowley,  which  was  held  in  reserve,  to  advance  with 
our  line  upon  the  enemy.  Nobly  and  gallantly  did  every  man  of  the 
regiment  respond  to  the  order  and  the  impetuous  dash  of  our  men  the 
enemy  could  not  stand,  but  gave  way,  and  were  sent  back,  much  cut 
up  and  in  disorder,  over  the  ground  on  which  they  advanced.  This 
success  gave  us  much  advantage  of  position,  by  allowing  the  left  centre 
of  the  brigade  line  to  rest  upon  the  woods,  some  800  yards  in  advance 
of  our  first  position,  and  at  the  same  time  affording  us  a  cross-fire 
upon  any  second  attempt  of  the  enemy  upon  our  position. 

At  this  time  I  was  reinforced 
by  detachments  from  the  Maine 
regiments,  which,  being  posted  on 
my  right  in  support  of  the  Ninety- 
third  Pennsylvania,  gave  me  much 
additional  strength.  I  was  soon 
again  reinforced  by  Captain 
(Snow's)  battery  and  the  Twenty- 
third  Pennsylvania  regiment,  Col 
onel  Neill. 

The  enemy's  batteries,  after 
the  repulse  they  met  with,  dis 
continued  their  fire,  but  kept  their 
position. 

On  being  reinforced  by  Cap 
tain  (Snow's)  battery,  I  immed 
iately  placed  it  in  a  favorable  posi 
tion  to  bear  upon  the  rebel  battery 
that  had  annoyed  us  with  its  fire 
in  the  beginning  of  the  action. 
The  battery  at  once  opened  fire 
upon  them  with  fine  effect,  the 
spherical  case-shot  doing  good  ex 
ecution  on  their  teams  and  among  their  artillerymen.  The  rebel  bat 
tery  replied  spiritedly  for  a  time,  and  after  a  sharp  cannonading  from  our 
battery  it  drew  off  the  field.  During  this  cannonading  the  enemy  kept 
up  a  sharp  fire  of  musketry  at  long  range  but  with  little  or  no  effect. 


BRIG.-GEN'L  J.  }.  ABERCROMBIE, 
Brigade  Commander. 


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In  the  meantime  I  was  again  reinforced  by  two  other  Pennsyl 
vania  regiments,  under  the  command  of  Colonel  Barlow,  from  General 
Caldwell's  brigade.  The  firing  now  became  very  heavy  on  the  part  of 
the  division  on  my  left  and  by  the  aid  of  a  glass  I  could  discover 
the  rapid  movement  of  bodies  of  the  enemy  to  my  left.  At  this  time  a 
division  staff  officer  came  to  me  for  any  assistance  I  could  send  to  our 
left.  I  immediately  advanced  the  battery  and  the  three  last  regiments 
that  had  come  to  my  support  to  the  left.  The  enemy  again  came 
down  upon  the  left  and  centre  of  our  division  in  strong  force  and  was 
again  repulsed,  Colonel  Nevin's  regiment,  the  Sixty-second  New 
York,  on  the  left  of  my  brigade,  gallantly  joining  with  the  left  of  the 

division  in  the  repulse.  The 
enemy  again  rallied  and  the  firing 

^^^  continued  sharp  along  the  whole 

^JjH   Sfek  line  of  the  division. 

mm  1&  About  this  time,  between  6 

Hr '^^          H  an<^  ^   ^'    ^' '    my  brigade  was 

I  reinforced  by  Captain  De  Russy's 

regular  battery  of  the  Fourth 
Artillery,  which  was  at  this  time 
of  great  assistance,  as  night  was 
coming  on  and  the  enemy  seemed 
determined  to  make  one  more  last 
effort  before  abandoning  the  field. 
The  battery  took  a  fine  position, 
and  delivered  its  fire,  with  that  of 
the  whole  brigade  and  division 
line,  with  marked  effect,  until 
after  9  P.  M.,  when  the  enemy 
gave  up  the  field. 

I  inclose  herewith  a  list  of  the  casualties  in  the  brigade  during  the 
day,  and  when  it  is  considered  that  the  brigade  was  under  fire  over 
twelve  hours,  and  a  portion  of  the  time  hotly  engaged,  I  think  the 
whole  loss  sustained,  being  in  the  aggregate  208,  will  be  considered  small. 
More  than  thanks  are  justly  due  to  Captain  J.  Heron  Foster,  of 
the  One  Hundred  and  Second  Pennsylvania  Regiment,  a  member  of  my 
staff,  for  the  gallantry  and  untiring  energy  with  which  he  performed  far 
more  that  his  duties  from  early  morning  until  late  at  night.  He  was 
the  only  staff  officer  I  had  during  most  of  the  day,  the  other  members 
of  the  staff  being  disabled  early  in  the  action. 

I  am,  Captain,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

R.   P.   HOWE, 

Brigadier-General. 
CAPTAIN  FRANCIS  A.  WALKER, 

Assistant  Adjutant-General,  Couch's  Division,  Fourth  Corps. 


GEORGE  CLARK, 
Co.  E.     Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 


Headquarters  Couch's  Division. 
Camp  Near  Harrison's  Landing,  Va. ,  July  5,  1862. 

GENERAL: — I  have  the  honor  to  state  that  at  2  o'clock,  A.  M., 
July  i,  current,  General  Sumner,  to  whose  support  I  had  marched  with 
two  brigades  the  night  previous,  gave  me  orders  to  return  to  the  posi 
tion  occupied  the  evening  be 
fore  on  Malvern  Hill.  These 
brigades  were  posted  on  the 
right  of  the  James  River  road, 
looking  westward.  The  other 
brigade  of  the  division — Aber- 
crombie's — lay  a  few  hundred 
yards  to  the  rear.  The 
Seventh  Massachusetts  and 
Second  Rhode  Island,  being 
on  detached  service,  much 
weakened  the  command.  Part 
of  Porter's  corps  was  to  my 
left  across  the  road,  including 
two  batteries.  Kingsbury's 
splendid  battery  (formerly 
Griffin's)  was  on  my  left  front. 
Palmer's  brigade  in  a  strong 
wooded  ravine  a  little  to  the 
right  of  the  battery,  and  run 
ning  to  ..the  front  200  yards. 
One  of  Howe's  regiments, 
Sixty-second  New  York,  was 
strongly  posted  in  a  peach 
orchard  to  the  rear  and  between  the  battery  and  Palmer.  To 
the  right  of  Palmer  was  an  oat  field,  sloping  to  the  front  and  skirted  on 
the  right  by  a  tangled  marsh  and  wooded  bank. 

This  was  my  right  and  held  by  General  Howe.  In  the  course  of 
the  morning  he  was  re-enforced  by  part  of  Abercrombie's  command, 
and  the  balance  occupied  the  ground  with  Palmer.  My  own  artillery 
being  several  miles  to  the  rear,  General  Heintzelman  sent  me  a  battery 
for  my  right,  but  afterwards  withdrew  it,  to  place  it,  probably,  on  his 
own  front.  To  my  right  lay  Kearney,  who,  during  the  day,  advanced 
two  regiments  of  Robinson's  brigade  to  sustain  Howe  in  case  of  need. 
The  ground  in  front  of  me  was  open  to  within  100  to  150  yards  from 
right  to  left.  Across  the  road  in  front  of  Griffin  the  country  was  open 
for  three-fourths  of  a  mile,  making  it  very  favorable  for  our  artillery. 

General  McClellan  rode  over  the  ground  in  the  morning  with  the 
engineer  officers,  and  designated  the  ground  different  corps  were  to 


BRIG.-GEX'L  ALEXANDER  SHALER, 
Brigade  Commander. 


HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


occupy.  General  Porter  also  rode  up  about  the  same  time.  By  8 
o'  clock  A.  M. ,  there  were  signs  of  the  rebels  in  front,  and  at  nine 
o'clock,  Berdans'  sharpshooters  were  driven  in.  The  rebels  were  driven 
off  by  artillery  alone.  From  this  time  until  I  P.  M.,  the  contest  was 
on,  both  sides  in  the  hands  of  the  artillerists;  then  they  pushed  forward 
a  column  to  carry  the  left  of  the  line  held  by  Griffin.  They  were  driven 
back  disorganized  and  cut  up  by  our  artillery  alone.  Their  batteries 
played  upon  us  without  intermission,  but  owing  to  the  care  used  in 
masking  the  men  our  loss  from  it  was  not  serious,  with  the  exception 
of  a  battery  to  the  right,  that  enfiladed  my  position. 

About  3  P.  M.,  a  brigade  broke  through  the  opening  of  the 
woods  in  front  of  Palmer  and  Abercrombie,  but  Kingsbury's  battery, 
together  with  the  steady  fire  of  the  Tenth  Massachusetts  and  a  charge 
of  the  Thirty-sixth  New  York,  drove  them  back  in  confusion,  the  latter 
regiment  capturing  the  colors  of  the  Fourteenth  North  Carolina  in  hand 
conflicts.  This  movement  of  the  rebels  was  a  rash  one  or  a  ruse  to 
draw  our  troops  on  to  disadvantageous  ground — undoubtedly  the  lat 
ter — and  it  did  not  succeed.  The  enemy  was  now  massing  large  columns 
on  our  front. 

At  about  4. 30  P.  M. ,  after  an  incessant  cannonade,  they  boldly 
pushed  forward  a  large  column  from  their  right  in  the  open  field  to 
carry  Griffin's  position.  The  fire  of  the  three  batteries  was  concen- 

^  ^       trated  upon  them.      Kingsbury's 

battery   having  been    withdrawn 
for  ammunition,  was  relieved  by 
three  guns  of  Battery  C,  Rhode 
W^  Island    Artillery,    and    two  guns 

Jjjgjljggljj&  (Allen's     Fifth     Massachusetts) 

under  Captain  Weeden.  The  at 
tacking  column  kept  on,  continu 
ally  re-enforced,  until  within 
range  of  Griffin's  rifles,  when  it 
was  stopped  and  formed  line. 

From  this  time  until  8  P.  M. , 
there  was  enacted  one  of  the  sub- 
limest  sights  ever  presented  in 
war,  resulting  in  a  glorious  vic 
tory  to  our  arms. 

The  action  now  being  gen 
eral,  I  assumed  command  of  the 
whole  line  for  the  time,  ordered 
up  the  reserves  on  the  left;  placed  in  position  regiments  falling  back, 
and  halted  those  bravely  moving  forward,  many  of  the  regiments 
having  already  masked  the  fire  of  our  artillery.  Upon  seeing  the 
advance  on  the  left,  Abercrombie  and  Palmer  pushed  forward 


JOHN   SHELLADY, 
Co.  E.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


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their  brigades  in  front  of  the  artillery,  in  order  to  drive  back  the  foe. 
The  enemy  continually  re-enforced  their  column  of  attack,  besides 
advancing  heavy  reserves  in  support.  Abercrombie  and  Palmer  became 
engaged  to  their  left  and  right.  General  Caldwell,  of  Richardson's 
division,  having  been  sent  to  my 
support  by  General  Sumner,  now 
went  into  action  joining  my  brave 
division,  fiercely  engaged.  The 
enemy  were  making  desperate 
efforts  to  drive  in  my  right.  Gen 
eral  Heintzelman  sent  me  Seeley's 
battery,  which,  under  DeRussy, 
chief  of  the  artillery,  and  with  the 
advice  of  General  Howe,  was  es 
tablished  on  the  ground  held  by 
this  latter  officer.  It  did  its  duty 
well. 

General  Porter  came  upon  the 
ground  about  6  P.  M.  Later 
General  Sickles,  of  Hooker's  divi 
sion,  reported  to  me  with  three 
regiments,  leading  his  men 
directly  into  action,  relieving 
some  of  my  division,  whose  ammunition  was  expended.  At  about 
7  P.  M.,  General  Meagher,  with  his  brigade,  reported  to  me  from 
General  Sumner,  and  was  posted  on  the  left  of  Griffin's  batteries. 

Night  closed  upon  us  still  fighting,  the  opposing  forces  only  known 
by  their  line  of  fire,  that  of  the  rebels  gradually  slackening  until  8. 30 
P.  M. ,  after  which  an  occasional  cannon  shot  from  our  batteries  only  broke 
the  stillness  that  pervaded  this  bloody  field.  Thus  ended  the  battle  of 
Malvern  Hill,  which  caused  great  carnage  and  demoralization  among 
the  best  divisions  of  the  enemy,  with  comparatively  small  loss  on  our 
side. 

Generals  Abercrombie  and  Palmer  formed  a  line  with  their  brigades 
that  not  a  private  retreated  from.  General  Howe,  on  the  right,  held 
his  position  and  drove  the  enemy  back.  Your  attention  is  particularly 
called  to  the  reports  of  these  officers  accompanying;  also  to  the  reports 
of  Generals  Caldwell,  Sickles  and  Meagher,  for  which  I  refer  you  to 
their  division  commanders  and  to  those  of  the  artillery  officers  from 
reports  to  their  respective  chiefs.  This  army  did  brilliant  service.  It 
could  not  have  been  excelled. 

My  thanks  are  due  to  General  Sumner  for  his  prompt  assistance 
and  anticipation  of  my  wants;  also  to  General  Heintzelman.  General 
Kearney  rode  over  my  lines  during  the  morning  and  I  am  indebted  to 
him  for  some  valuable  information,  as  regards  dispositions. 


JOHN   McKERNON, 

Co.  A,  and  Lieutenant'Co.  F,  820!  P.  V. 

Killed  at  Petersburg,  April  2,  1865. 


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Captain  D.  F.  Parker,  division  quartermaster,  joined  me  on  the 
field,  also  Lieutenant  Eccleston,  provost  marshal.  Brave  and  collected, 
these  gentlemen  were  always  ready  to  go  where  the  fight  was  thickest. 
They  have  my  thanks  and  admiration  for  their  conduct.  Lieutenant 
Smith,  Eighth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
did  me  excellent  service.  Cap 
tain  Walker,  assistant  adjutant- 
general  of  my  staff,  and  Lieutenant 
Burt,  aide-de-camp,  were  near  me 
to  take  my  orders  and  anticipate 
my  wishes  on  the  field. 

Having  received  orders  from 
General  McClellan  to  fall  back, 
my  troops  were  gradually  with 
drawn  from  the  field.  Captain 
Benson,  who  had  relieved  the 
Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island 
batteries  after  dark,  left  one  sec 
tion  of  his  artillery.  General 
Sickles,  who  was  very  active  on 
the  field  at  this  time,  drew  off  the 
rear  in  admirable  order.  His 
brigade  was  the  last  to  leave. 
This  was  at  midnight. 

From  some  prisoners  we  learned  that  the  enemy  was  falling  back, 
expecting  to  be  attacked  in  the  morning.  Both  armies  retreated ;  the 
one  because  it  was  beaten,  the  other  because  it  was  a  part  of  the  plans 
of  our  general. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  General,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient 

servant. 

D.   A.   COUCH, 

Brigadier  General,   Commanding  First  Division,    Fourth  Corps. 
BRIGADIER  GENERAL  S.  WILLIAMS,  A.  A.  G. 
Headquarters  Army  of  the  Potomac. 


HUGH    McMICHAEL, 

Corporal  Co.  E. 
Died  of  Wounds  Received  at  Cold  Harbor. 


REPORT   OF    BRIGADIER  GENERAL  DARIUS  N.   COUCH, 

Commanding  First  Division  of  Operations  June   25th  to  July  ist,  in 
cluding   Skirmish  on   James  River  Road  and  Battle  of  Malvern 

Hill. 

Headquarters  Couch's  Division, 

Harrison's  Landing,  Va. ,  July  nth,  1862. 

SIR  :— In  obedience  to   instructions,  I  have  the   honor  to  report 
the  following  in  reference  to  my  division  : 


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On  the  morning  of  June  25th,  I  had  orders  from  General  Keyes 
to  move  forward  two  brigades  to  support  Hooker,  who  was  engaged 
with  the  enemy  beyond  Seven  Pines.  Palmer's  and  Howe's  were 
pushed  forward  and  held  in  reserve  until  about  2.30  P.  M.,  when  the 
former  was  ordered  up  by  General  McClellan  to  report  to  General 
Heintzelman.  It  was  moved  into  the  woods  in  front,  where  Hooker 
had  been  engaged,  I  accompanying  the  brigade  rather  as  a  volunteer, 
seeing  that  it  was  taken  from  under  my  command.  It  was  deployed 
in  the  woods  under  Palmer,  and  lay  there  until  next  day.  During 
the  afternoon  it  was  a  good  deal  exposed  to  fire  from  some  of  the 
enemy's  rifled  guns  and  at  night  to  a  heavy  fire  of  musketry.  The 
loss  in  killed  and  wounded  was  as  follows  :  Commissioned  officers — 
killed,  i  ;  wounded  4.  Enlisted  men — killed  7  ;  wounded,  41. 

On  the  27th,  at  near  night,  Palmer's  brigade,  with  the  exception 
of  the  Seventh  Massachusetts,  which  was  moved  down  towards  the 
White  Oak  Swamp,  was  ordered  to  the  Chickahominy,  to  support  our 
troops  falling  back  to  the  right  bank  of  the  stream.  Abercrombie's 
brigade  was  ordered  to  Golding's  Hill  to  support  Smith.  These 
brigades  were  recalled  the  same  night,  and  at  12.30  o'clock  that  night 
I  was  directed  to  fall  back  with  my  whole  division  and  cross  White 
Oak  Bridge.  Crossing  that  bridge,  I  was  ordered  by  General  Keyes 
to  take  position  at  the  junction  of  the  James  River,  New  Market  and 
f f  Charles  City  roads.  This  impor 
tant  post  was  occupied  by  my 
division,  Peck,  with  a  part  of  his 
small  division,  occupying  ground 
to  my  right  and  left. 

On  the  morning  of  the  2Qth 
of  June  some  of  our  cavalry  on 
the  James  River  road  were  driven 
in  by  a  battalion  of  North  Caro 
lina  cavalry,  who  charged  clear 
into  my  lines,  which  were  so 
masked  as  not  to  be  seen.  Five 
guns  and  a  few  rifle  shots  broke 
them  completely  up  in  a  few 
minutes,  killing,  wounding  and 
capturing  80  to  100  of  them,  with 
no  loss  to  the  division. 

In  the  course  of  the  morning 
Sykes'  brigade  crossed  the  swamp  and  formed  on  my  right,  and  many 
other  troops  in  the  course  of  the  day  came  up.  That  night  my  divi 
sion  formed  the  advance  of  the  corps,  making  a  night  march  to  Haxall's 
below  Turkey  Bridge,  on  the  James  River.  It  was  accomplished  by 


JOHN   F.  KEEN, 
Sergeant  Company  G. 


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sunrise,  being  one  of  the  most  fatiguing  marches  imaginable,  but  it 
was  borne  by  all  without  a  murmur.  The  Second  Rhode  Island  and 
Seventh  Massachusetts  were  ordered  forward  to  Turkey  Bridge,  and 
at  noon,  the  3Oth  instant,  Abercrombie's  brigade  in  the  same  direction. 
At  between  3  and  4  P.  M.  I  was  directed  by  General  McClellan  to 
move  toward  Malvern  Hill,  and  attack  the  enemy  in  flank  should  they 
succeed  in  forcing  our  lines  on  the  hill.  They  did  not,  and  I  moved 
forward  and  took  a  strong  position  for  the  night,  but  at  dark  had 


JOHN   S.  LINTON,  FRANK    M.  WORTH, 

Sergt.  Company  H.  Color  Sergt. 

orders  to  push  forward  to  Sumner's  support,  who  held  the  junction  of 
the  roads  occupied  by  my  division  two  days  before. 

At  2  o'clock  that  night  Sumner  marched  to  Malvern  Hill,  my 
division  of  two  brigades  in  the  advance,  he  directing  me  to  take  post 
where  the  division  was  the  night  before.  Arriving  at  daylight  we 
began  getting  into  the  position  we  held  the  day  of  our  glorious  victory 
of  Malvern  Hill,  for  an  account  of  which  I  beg  to  refer  you  to  a  copy 


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of   my   report   to  the   major  general   commanding  the    Army  of 
Potomac.      I  have  the  honor  to  inclose  a  copy  of  that  report. 
I  am,  Captain,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

D.   N.   COUCH, 

Brigadier  General,  Commanding  Division. 
CAPT.  C.  C.  SUYDAM, 

Asst.  Adj.  Gen.,  Headquarters  Fourth  Corps. 


the 


In  this  battle  the  gunboats  on  the  James  River  protected 
the  left  wing  of  the  army  by  its  fire.  A  few  of  their  shells  fell 
short,  landing  in  our  lines,  but,  according  to  the  Confederate 
reports,  the  naval  batteries  did  them  little  damage. 

Here  we   lay  until  about 

2  A.  M.,  when  the  army  moved 
off  in  the  direction  of  Harri 
son's  Landing.  Loss,  fifty-five 
killed  and  wounded. 

We  found  the  whole  Army 
of  the  Potomac  massed  in  the 
fields  near  the  landing.  Soon 
was  heard  the  familiar  screech 
ing  of  a  shell,  and  a  short  while 
afterwards  Kearney's  Division 
attacked  the  battery  and  drove 
them  off  Erlington  Heights. 
Thus  ended  the  Seven  Days' 
Fight. 

ANTHONY  SCHAFFER,  About     4     P.    M.     the     TCgi- 

Died  of  Wounds  Received  at  Cold  Harbor.  ment  Was  given    ten  TOUnds  of 

ammunition  and  a  ration  of  crackers,  and,  amid  a  rain  storm, 
started  for  the  front,  where  they  were  engaged  all  night  and 
part  of  the  next  day  in  building  breastworks.  It  remained  in 
this  locality  until  the  army  left  the  Peninsula,  doing  picket 
duty  meanwhile ;  it  also  composed  part  of  a  force  sent  to 
Malvern  Hill  to  drive  back  the  enemy,  who  were  demonstrating 
from  Richmond.  This  movement  was  under  General  Hooker, 
the  brigade  being  commanded  by  Colonel  Neill  and  the  regi 
ment  by  Captain  Glenn.  It  required  a  rapid  march  to  get 
possession  of  the  hill,  but  proved  successful. 

Harrison's  Landing  was  a  large  plantation  on  which  was 
the  old  colonial  mansion  of  Westover,  where  the  ancestors  of 


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General  William  Henry  Harrison,  of  Indian  War  fame,  and  of 
General  W.  H.  Harrison,  of  the  Civil  War,  both  presidents  of 
the  United  States,  once  held  ownership.  At  the  Landing  was 
an  immense  fleet  of  transports.  One  night  the  Rebs  placed  a 
battery  on  the  opposite  heights  and  shelled  the  fleet  and  camps, 
but  they  were  soon  driven  off  by  the  gunboats.  While  here, 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac  was  reviewed  by  President  Lincoln. 
No  doubt  all  will  recall  the  first  and  only  time,  as  an  organiza 
tion,  that  we  saw  "Old  Abe,"  with  his  high  hat  and  long  legs, 


riding  for  all  he  was 
worth  along  the  line,  with 
General  McClellan  and 
staff  escorting  him.  We 
all  had  great  respect  for 
the  "  Grand  Old  Man," 
and  our  caps  went  up  in 
the  air  as  he  swept  by 
amid  a  whirlwind  of 
cheers. 

The  Army  of  the 
Potomac,  being  ordered 
to  the  support  of  Pope, 
operating  on  the  line  of 
the  Rappahannock,  most 

of  the  troops  were  sent  down  the  James  on  transports,  while 
Couch's  Division  was  marched  overland  to  Yorktown.  The 
first  day  upon  reaching  Charles  City  Cross  Roads,  we  formed 
line  of  battle  to  check  the  enemy  ;  the  next  day  was  a  long 
march  across  the  Chickahominy,  passing  through  the  old 
colonial  town  of  Williamsburg,  company  front,  with  one  drum 
for  music.  Here  we  camped  on  the  old  battlefield,  reaching 
Yorktown  the  next  day,  where  the  regiment  was  employed  in 


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HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


turning  the  breastworks   that  had  been  built  by  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  when  it  sieged  that  place. 

This  old  colonial  settlement  we  found  very  much  dilapi 
dated.  It  was  here  that  Cornwallis  surrendered  to  Washington 
and  Lafayette,  thus  ending  the  Revolutionary  War.  The  old 
Nelson  House  was  still  standing.  While  here  the  boys  were 
kept  busy  throwing  down  the  works,  but  they  had  a  good 
time,  nevertheless — salt  water  bathing  and  fishing  for  oysters 
and  crabs,  with  which  the  York  River  and  its  tributaries 
seemed  to  abound. 

On  August  28th  the  regiment  embarked  on  the  transport 
"  City  of  Richmond,"  proceeding  up  the  Potomac.  It  was 
found  that  the  rebels  had  possession  at  Acquia  Creek,  so  the 
transport  was  compelled  to  change  its  destination  to  Alex 
andria.  This  was  our  second  visit  to  this  old  colonial  town, 
where  Lord  Fairfax,  General  Washington  and  others  were 
wont  to  visit  in  the  early  days  of  Virginia.  Christ  Church, 
the  Carlyle  House  of  colonial  days,  and  the  Marshall  House, 
where  Colonel  Ellsworth  was  shot  in  the  Civil  War,  with  the  old 
slave  pen,  were  well  worth  visiting.  But  battles  were  being 

fought  away  off  at  Bull  Run, 
and,  as  soon  as  the  brigade 
was  landed,  we,  being  the  rear 
of  the  army,  made  a  forced 
march  for  the  front,  arriving 
in  time  to  participate  in  the 
action  at  Chantilly.  That 
night  the  regiment  did  picket 
duty  on  the  field,  and  the  next 
day  it  supported  a  battery 
until  3  P.  M.,  when,  with  the 
division  —  Couch's  serving 
under  Hooker — it  was  de 
tailed  to  cover  the  rear,  form 
ing  line  of  battle  several  times, 
the  enemy  following  as  far  as 
Fairfax. 

Fairfax  we  found  with  the  usual  court  house  and  few 
brick  buildings.  It  proved  to  be  the  center  of  the  wealthy 
class  of  that  section.  Not  far  off  was  Mount  Vernon,  the 
home  of  Washington,  but  it  was  not  on  our  line  of  march,  so 


HENRY   W.    BANTOM, 
Co.  G.     Died  January  27,  1864. 


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we  did  not  have  the  pleasure  or  opportunity  to  pay  our 
respects  to  the  grave  of  the  "  Father  of  His  Country."  We 
learn  that  while  no  troops  were  ever  engaged  on  the  planta 
tion,  many  Confederates  and  Yankees  visited  the  old  home 
stead,  and,  be  it  said  to  the 
credit  of  both,  neither  the 
homestead  nor  grave  were 
disturbed  in  the  least 

With  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac  the  regiment  started 
on  the  Maryland  campaign. 
Lee  having  crossed  into  Mary 
land  on  his  invasion,  we 
crossed  the  Potomac  at  Chain 
Bridge  and  bivouacked  at 
Rockville.  Here,  on  the  nth, 
the  brigade  was  joined  by  the 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
second  New  York.  At  Pool- 
ville  the  Twenty-third  Penn 
sylvania,  the  Thirty-sixth 
New  York,  a  Rhode  Island  battery  and  a  squadron  of  cavalry 
was  detached,  under  the  command  of  Colonel  Neill,  to  guard 
the  fords  from  White's  to  Nolan's  Ferry.  This  was  the  point 
where  Lee  had  crossed  with  his  army,  and  the  regiment  was 
engaged  in  picking  up  his  stragglers,  broken-down  wagons, 
etc.  This  position  was  the  extreme  left  of  the  army  during 
the  battles  of  South  Mountain  and  Antietam,  and  the  regiment 
was,  in  consequence,  prevented  from  taking  an  active  part  in 
these  actions,  although  it  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  one  officer 
and  twenty-four  men  by  capture. 

Information  having  been  received  that  a  quantity  of  arms 
was  stored  in  a  barn  across  the  river,  Lieutenant  Garsed,  with 
twenty-four  men  of  Company  B,  was  detailed  to  destroy  them. 
Crossing  the  river  with  three  of  the  cavalry,  he  deployed  his 
line  to  a  house  half  a  mile  from  the  river,  and,  while  inspect 
ing  the  barn,  the  rebel  cavalry,  under  command  of  Colonel 
White,  charged  upon  them  with  three  columns.  In  a  short 
while  the  squad  was  surrounded  and  compelled  to  surrender. 
The  only  man  that  escaped  from  Company  B  was  James  J. 
Dougherty,  who  explained,  when  he  entered  our  lines,  that  he 


Co.  E. 


JAMES   SWEENEY, 
Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


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fell  into  a  ditch,  and  when  the  Rebs  got  the  boys  all  together, 
White  found  one  missing,  and  tramped  a  horse  up  and  down 
the  ditch  where  "  Doc"  lay,  but  did  not  come  far  enough  to 
reach  him.  He  remained  there  until  dusk,  when  he  crawled 
down  to  the  river,  and  was  soon  safe  within  our  lines.  When 
the  firing  began,  Colonel  Neill  sent  over  the  squadron  of 
Rhode  Island  cavalry,  who  scouted  all  the  roads  and  by-ways 
to  Leesburg,  but  could  get  no  tidings  of  White's  forces. 
While  here  the  regiment  had  a  good  time,  as  the  country  was 
in  good  condition  for  forage ;  it  was  a  land  of  milk  and  honey. 
On  the  2Oth  the  command  was  relieved  by  a  new  brigade 
of  the  Third  Corps  and  on  its  way  to  join  the  division,  Captains 
Wallace  and  Wood  with  Companies  A  and  E  were  detailed  to 
proceed  to  Harper's  Ferry.  Fording  the  river  they  captured 
about  twenty-five  prisoners  of  Stonewall  Jackson's  Corps,  from 
whom  we  learned  that  General  Miles  had  surrendered  with 
10,000  men,  thus  leaving  Maryland  and  Bolivar  Heights,  with 
the  guns,  in  possession  of  Jackson,  and  giving  him  an  oppor 
tunity  of  pushing  on  and  joining  Lee  in  time  to  save  his  army 
from  rout  or  capture  at  Antietam. 

That  night  the  regiment 

joined  the  brigade  at  Sharps- 
burg  and  marched  to  Downs- 
ville,  where  it  found  the  brig 
ade  was  part  of  the  Third 
Division,  Sixth  Corps.  About 
JPll  tms  time  several  men  of  the 

regiment  were  transferred  to 
the  artillery  to  fill  up  the  bat 
teries  that  had  become  de 
pleted  during  the  Peninsula 
campaign.  While  here  Jeb 
Stuart  crossed  the  Potomac 
at  Hancock's,  on  his  raid,  and 
Couch's  Division  was  sent  to 
intercept  him.  After  a  forced 
1864.  march  over  the  North  Moun 
tains,  it  reached  the  upper  fords  and,  the  men  knowing 
that  the  lower  fords,  which  they  had  shortly  before  left,  were 
guarded,  concluded  that  Jeb  Stuart's  cavalry  were  bottled. 
The  next  day  it  was  ordered  back  to  camp,  the  rebel  cavalry 


JOHN   ZAUN, 
Corp.  Co.  K.  Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


having  recrossed  the  lower  fords  without  firing  a  shot,  the  brig 
ade  guarding  that  part  of  the  river,  having  been  relieved  and 
sent  back  to  Washington,  while  Jeb  Stuart  was  lying  off  in 
the  woods  awaiting  such  an  opening.  Why  this  brigade  was 
taken  off  the  fords  when  Jeb  Stuart's  cavalry  was  on  our 
side  of  the  river,  giving  him  the  opportunity  to  escape,  has 
never  been  explained.  While  here,  the  regiment  was  presented 
with  a  new  stand  of  colors  by  friends  from  Philadelphia,  and 
on  November  the  first  it  crossed  the  Potomac  on  a  pontoon  at 
Berlin,  with  the  Sixth  Corps,  passing  en  route  Union,  where  we 
found  a  rebel  hospital  full  of  their  wounded  in  the  recent  battles. 

Passing  through  Salem  and  Rectortown,  which  were  the 
headquarters  of  Mosby's  com 
mand,  this  section  of  the  coun 
try  was  scoured  night  and  day 
with  guerrillas ;  stragglers, 
sutlers'  wagons  and  sparsely 
guarded  wagon-trains  being 
their  special  prey. 

On  November  loth,  while 
at  New  Baltimore,  the  regi 
ment  was  drawn  up  in  line  to 
hear  read  the  farewell  address 
of  General  McClellan,  who  was 
succeeded  by  General  Burn- 
side  as  commander  of  the 
army.  This  removal  of  "  Little 
Mac"  created  considerable 
feeling,as  he  was  fairly  idolized 
by  the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 


IRA   WEBSTER, 
Sergt.-Maj.  Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


Headquarters  Army  of  Potomac. 

Camp  near  Rectortown,  Va. 

November  7,  1862. 
Officers  and  Soldiers  of 

the  Army  of  the  Potomac  : 

An  order  of  the  President  devolves  upon  Major-General  Burnside 
the  command  of  this  army. 

In  parting  from  you  I  cannot  express  the  love  and  gratitude  I 
have  for  you.  As  an  army,  you  have  grown  up  under  my  care.  In 
you  I  have  never  found  doubt  or  coldness. 

The  battles  you  have  fought  under  my  command  will  live  in  our 
nation's  history.  The  glory  you  have  achieved,  our  mutual  perils  and 


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fatigues,  the  graves  of  our  comrades  fallen  in  battle  and  by  disease,  the 
broken  forms  of  those  whom  wounds  and  sickness  have  disabled,  the 
strongest  associations  which  can  exist  among  men,  unite  us  still  by  an 
indissoluble  tie.  We  shall  ever  be  comrades  in  supporting  the  consti 
tution  of  our  country  and  the  nationality  of  the  people. 

GEORGE  B.  MCCLELLAN, 
Major-General  United  States  Army. 


CAPT.    LOUIS   HILLEBRAND,   FIRST   SERGT.    WM.    R.    PEDDLE 
and  Captain's  Cook. 

After  leaving  here  we  bivouacked  for  an  afternoon  and 
night  at  Belle  Plain,  a  most  barren  and  bleak  stretch  of  coun 
try,  where  the  men  were  required  to  go  at  least  a  mile  to 
find  wood  or  water,  picketing  and  skirmishing  with  the  enemy 
to  Stafford  Court  House.  There  we  found  a  court  house 
and  jail  with  a  few  other  buildings.  The  regiment  remained 
in  camp  near  White  Oaks  Church,  engaged  in  picket  duty 
and  other  details,  and  working  on  the  construction  of  Potomac 
Creek  Bridge— a  high  trestle  work  which  the  Confederates 
had  destroyed — until  the  opening  of  the  Battle  of  Fredricks- 


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burg.     On  the  night  of  the    loth,  we  crossed  the  pontoons 
with    the   advance   at   Franklin    Crossing,    two    miles    below 
the  town,  near  the   Bernard   Mansion,  and  were  part  of  the 
skirmish  line  that  drove  back  Jackson's  skirmishers  to  Hamil 
ton's  Crossing.    While  on  this 
skirmish    line  a  large,  portly 
man,      dressed      in      citizen's 
clothes,  came  riding  across  the 
fields,  holding  his  hat  in   his 
hand.     When  he  entered  our 
lines,    he  claimed   to   be   the 
owner  of  the  Bernard  Mansion, 
and  asserted  that  he  was  seek 
ing  his  cattle.     He  was,  how 
ever,    sent   back    to    General 
Franklin,  commanding  the  left 
grand  division.     The  mansion 
referred  to,  a  brownstone  struc 
ture,   was  burned   down   that 
winter  while  the  Confederate 
officers  were  holding  a  recep 
tion  and  ball  in  its   spacious 
rooms.     During  the  battle  it  was  used  as  a  field  hospital. 

About  4  P.  M.  the  regiment  was  relieved  and  massed  with 
the  division  for  a  charge.  Here  it  lay  beyond  the  head  of  the 
pontoon  bridge,  subject  to  constant  artillery  fire,  which  fortu 
nately  passed  over  us,  doing  very  little  damage.  On  the 
morning  of  the  i3th,  we  were  sent  to  support  a  battery  hotly 
engaged  beyond  the  Bowling  Green  Road.  To  cross  this  road, 
the  line  went  over  with  a  rush,  as  the  enemy's  artillery  were 
sweeping  it,  reaching  our  battery,  the  men  hugged  the  ground 
while  the  batteries  had  quite  a  duel  at  short  range,  our  artillery 
blowing  up  one  of  the  caissons  of  the  enemy. 

About  4  P.  M.  a  tremendous  fire  was  opened  upon  the 
line  from  the  Confederate  heights,  but  they  made  no  attempt  to 
leave  the  works  to  attack,  and  we  occupied  the  same  position 
until  night.  On  the  way  to  occupy  this  position,  we  met  the 
Nineteenth  Pennsylvania,  which  had  also  been  engaged  in  the 
conflict.  As  Philadelphians,  we  knew  each  other,  and,  the 
boys  being  hungry,  we  showered  them  with  half  of  our  rations 
of  crackers. 


HENRY   ERNST, 
Co.  G.    Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 


1864. 


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In  the  early  part  of  the  battle,  General  Vinton,  of  the 
Second  Brigade,  Second  Division,  was  shot,  and  Colonel  Neill, 
who,  a  few  days  previous,  was  promoted  to  Brigadier  General, 
bid  the  boys  a  hasty  farewell  as  he  left  to  take  his  new 
command. 

That  was  the  last  service  we  did  under  "  Bucky  "  Neill, 
as  strict  a  disciplinarian,  as  brave  a  soldier  of  the  Republic, 
and  as  perfect  a  gentleman  as  the  army  has  ever  produced. 
The  Twenty-third  fairly  loved  him,  and  he  loved  his  boys.  He 
remained  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  in  command  of  a 
brigade,  until  the  windup,  Neill's  Brigade  being  one  of  the 
fighting  brigades  of  the  Sixth  Corps.  He  continued  in  service 
after  the  war,  and  was  retired  at  the  age  of  65  as  Colonel  in 
the  Regular  Army.  Six  months  after  his  retirement,  in  1886, 
he  died  at  Philadelphia,  and  was  buried  at  West  Point,  the 
survivors  of  the  Twenty-third  escorting  his  body  to  the  train. 

On  the  night  of  the  I3th  the  regiment  was  sent  to  the 
extreme  right  of  the  Left  Grand  Division  at  Hazel  Run  holding 
this  position  until  the  army  recrossed  the  Rappahannock,  on 
the  night  of  the  I5th.  Loss,  22  men. 

The  principal  inci 
dents  in  this  battle  were 
the  laying  of  the  pontoon 
bridges  in  front  of  the 
town  and  the  desperate 
fighting  to  get  possession 
of  it.  This  and  the  lower 
bridges  gave  a  crossing 
for  the  army.  The  enemy 
having  the  ridge  and  hills 
well  entrenched,  while  our 
army  had  the  plains,  gave 
the  Confederates  the  ad 
vantage.  Burnside  con 
cluded  to  turn  the  enemy's 
right  and  sent  General 
Meade,  with  his  division,  SKIRMISHERS  HOLDING  THE  LINE. 
the  Pennsylvania  Reserves,  to  assault  the  Confederate  position 
at  Hamilton  Crossing.  This  was  done  with  great  deter 
mination  and  gallantry,  Meade  piercing  to  his  third  line,  but, 


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not  being  properly  supported,  he  was  compelled  to  return, 
the  division  covering  itself  with  glory. 

Another  assault  on  the  key  to  the  position  was  made  by 
the  Second  Corps,  on  the  left,  at  Marye's  Heights.  They 
charged  the  position  five  times  by  divisions,  losing  5,000 
killed  and  wounded.  These  troops  of  the  Second  Corps  were 
some  of  the  best  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  and  made  a  des 
perate  and  heroic  attempt  to  carry  the  heights.  However,  the 
assaults  proved  failures.  Darkness  coming  on,  the  army  lay 
awaiting  the  enemy's  attack,  but  on  the  night  of  the  i5th,  it 
recrossed  the  river.  Loss :  Union,  killed  and  wounded  12,503  ; 
Confederate,  killed  and  wounded  5,575. 

The  old  town  of  Fredericksburg,  which  gave  the  name  to 

the  battle,  was  the  home  of  the 

mother    of    Washington.     It 
was  a  brick  town,  founded  in 

jfPlHk  the   colonial    days,    and    its 

f*  wharves  and  those  opposite, 

at  Falmouth,  in  the  days  be 
fore  the  railroads,  were  al 
ways  regarded  as  important 
ports  in  the  sea  carrying  trade 
on  the  Rappahannock.  Staf 
ford  Heights  opposite,  which 
was  occupied  with  our  bat 
teries  during  the  action,  was 
composed  of  a  series  of  hills, 
upon  which  once  were  mag- 
JOHN  c.  AMES,  nificent  estates.  One  of  these 

Sergt.  Co.  C.     Killed  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864.      was     the      Lacy     HoUSC,      from 

which  the  distinguished  Confederate  General  Robert  E.  Lee 
had  married  his  wife.  Another  of  these  plantations  was  that 
of  Dr.  Smith,  one  of  Virginia's  celebrated  physicians. 

The  regiment  next  went  into  winter  quarters  near  the 
Sixth  Army  Corps  Headquarters.  Lieutenant-Colonel  John 
Ely,  who  had  been  temporarily  absent,  rejoined  the  regiment, 
and  was  promoted  colonel  to  date  from  December  i3th.  It 
remained  here  until  January  i8th,  1863,  when  we  moved 
with  the  army  to  United  States  Ford  in  anticipation  of  a 
hard-fought  campaign  ;  but,  like  all  attempts  to  move  a  large 
army  in  midwinter,  through  the  inclemency  of  the  weather 


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and  the  condition  of  the  roads,  it  ended  in  what  was  known  as 
the  "  mud  march."  The  regiment  returned  to  its  camp  in  good 
time,  being  more  fortunate  than  many  other  commands,  which 
were  mired  in  the  mud  for  nearly  a  week  before  they  got  back 
to  quarters.  The  "  Johnnies,"  who  could  see  this  counter 
marching  from  their  picket  stations,  on  several  occasions 
offered  to  "  come  over  and  give  us  a  lift."  During  the  balance 
of  the  winter  the  regiment  was  engaged  in  picket  duty. 

General    Burnside,   having  been   removed    at    his    own 
request,   was  succeeded  by  General  Joseph   Hooker,   known 
in  the  service  as  "  Fighting  Joe  "   Hooker  on  account  of  his 
gallant  conduct  in  action.     General   Hooker  began  at  once  a 
reorganization  of  the  army  under  his  command.     He  ordered 
each  corps  to  wear  distinctive 
badges,  that  of  the  Sixth  Corps 
being  the  Greek  Cross.    Each 
division  was  designated  by  a 
separate  color,  the  First  Divi 
sion    being   red,    the    second 
white,    and    the    third    blue. 
The   Twenty-third,   therefore, 
wore  the  blue  cross,  being  part 
of  the   Third    Division,  Sixth 
Corps. 

Upon  the  opening  of  the 
campaign,  Hooker  moved  the 
army  and,  crossing  the  Rapi- 
dan,  came  upon  the  rear  of  Lee 
at  Chancellorsville,  compell 
ing  him  to  fall  back  from  his 
strong  position  at  Fredericksburg  to  meet  the  threatened  at 
tack.  To  circumvent  this  movement  he  moved  the  Second  and 
Sixth  Corps  with  a  view  to  attacking  his  old  line.  After  he  had 
passed  over  the  Rapidan  and  moved  towards  Lee's  rear, 
he  ordered  the  Sixth  Corps  to  cross  the  Rappahannock  and 
take  the  Heights.  This  was  considered  an  impregnable  posi 
tion,  as  the  previous  year,  in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg, 
Marye's  Heights,  which  was  the  key  to  the  position,  was 
charged  by  the  Second  Corps,  one  of  the  best  in  the  army, 
in  five  distinctive  assaults  by  divisions,  but  met  with  a  reverse, 


Co.  C. 


JACOB  KEITH, 
Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


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losing  5000  killed  and  wounded.     To  retain  this  position  Lee 
had  left  General  Early's  command  to  hold  the  works. 

The  pontoon  boats  were  carried  on  the  backs  of  the  men 
of  the  brigade  to  the  river  in   order  to  deceive  the  enemy. 

The  crossing  was   made  after 
considerable  trouble  with  the 
Confederates,      their     skirm- 
^^  ishers,  however,  being  driven 

JR  back  from  their  rifle  pits  to  the 

f  Bowling  Green   Road.     After 

Wi  ^^.  IP  getting  possession  of  this  road, 

our  brigade,  taking  the  ad 
vance,  moved  along  that  road 
to  the  right  in  the  direction  of 
Fredericksburg,  meeting  the 
enemy  in  a  fortified  position 
at  Hazel  Run,  the  Sixty-fifth 
New  York  (the  Chasseurs) 
leading,  charged  arid  drove 
the  enemy  back,  clearing  the 
WILLIAM  MAGUIRE,  way  for  entrance  into  the 

Died  of  Wounds  Received  at  Cold  Harbor.  tOWtt.      The  Twenty-third  then 

took  the'advance,  and,  with  a  heavy  line  of  skirmishers,  pro 
ceeded  in  the  early  morning,  under  a  heavy  fog,  to  within  thirty 
yards  of  the  stone  wall,  at  the  foot  of  Marye's  Heights.  Here  it 
laid  until  about  n  A.  M.,  when  a  grand  assault  was  made  on 
the  Heights  by  two  storming  columns  and  a  battle  line  com 
posed  of  the  right  column,  commanded  by  Colonel  George  C. 
Spear, who  fell  while  gallantry  leading  the  attack,the  Sixty-first 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Major  Dawson,  and  Forty- third  New 
York,  Colonel  Baker.  This  column  was  supported  by  the 
Sixty-seventh  New  York  (First  Long  Island),  Colonel  Cross, 
and  the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Major  Bassett, 
under  command  of  Colonel  Shaler. 

The  left  column  was  composed  of  the  Seventh  Massachu 
setts,  Colonel  Johns,  who  fell  severely  wounded  in  the  assault, 
and  the  Thirty-sixth  New  York,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Walsh. 

The  line  of  battle,  Colonel  Burnham,  the  Fifth  Wisconsin, 
Colonel  Allen,  as  skirmishers;  Sixth  Maine,  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Harris,  Thirty-first  New  York,  Colonel  Jones. 

The  storming  column  moved  on    the  plank   road  and   to 


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the  right  of  it,  piercing  the  enemy's  flank.  The  line  of  battle, 
under  Colonel  Burnham,  advanced  on  the  double  quick  from 
the  town.  When  they  reached  the  point  at  which  the  Twenty 
third  had  been  lying  in  the  field  all  morning,  the  latter,  with 
out  awaiting  orders,  joined  with  cheers  the  charging  column, 
entered  the  sunken  road,  and,  scaling  the  heights,  were  soon 
in  possession  of  the  fortification,  capturing  the  entrenched 
position  with  the  guns  of  Washington  Artillery.  After  crossing 
the  sunken  road  and  scaling  the  heights  the  fire  of  their  bat 
teries  was  of  no  effect,  as  they  could  not  deflect  the  guns. 
Some  of  the  Confederates  on  the  heights  stood  to  their  guns  ; 
one  in  particular,  when  called  to  surrender,  held  the  lanyard 
of  his  gun  and  was  knocked  over  before  he  would  let  go.  An 
onslaught  was  made  on  the  redoubt  on  the  apex  of  the  hill, 
while  others  rushed  to  the  rear  of  the  works  and  compelled  the 
battery  men  to  dismount  as  they  were  trying  to  get  off  their 
pieces.  After  clearing  up  everything  on  the  front  it  was  seen 
that  the  entire  line  had  been  swept  by  the  Sixth  Corps,  the 
Twenty-third  losing  six  killed  and  seventy-two  wounded. 

General  Shaler,  the  brig 
ade  commander  in  charge  of 
the  line,  supporting  the  right 
charging  column,  distin 
guished  himself  in  this  charge 
by  rushing  to  the  front  with 
the  colors,  as  the  line  was 
struggling  to  cross  the  cause- 
way  or  canal  on  the  plank 
road.  He  was  granted  a  Con 
gressional  Medal  of  Honor. 

While  Longstreet  in  his 
book  speaks  of  five  brigades 
holding  this  position,  the  forti 
fication  was  well  manned  by 
infantry  and  artillery  and  the 
command  that  seemed  to  have 
been  in  the  sunken  road  was 
a  Mississippi  brigade,  which  broke  to  their  right  around  the 
rear  of  the  hill,  when  the  assaulting  line  swept  into  the  road, 

About  2.30  P.  M.  the  brigade  was  advanced   in  the  direc 
tion  of  Chancellorsville,  the  Sixth  Corps  being  then  in  the  rear 


JAMES   M.  LINNARD, 
Captain  Co.  C. 


HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


of  Lee's  army.  At  Salem  Church  and  Heights  the  enemy  was 
met.  Here  the  regiment  supported  Haxhammer's  Battery, 
and  at  daylight  it  was  ordered  on  the  front  line,  where  it 
remained.  Several  of  what  the  boys  called  rotten  shells  were 

fired  from  our  battery  in  the 
rear,  falling  among  the  men  of 
the  regiment,  but  Lieut.-Col. 
Glenn  had  this  fire  discon 
tinued.  When  the  movement 
by  the  corps  to  the  rear  began, 
the  regiment  withdrew  across 
the  open  field,  the  enemy  ad 
vancing  ;  the  line  would  then 
be  again  advanced,  pushing 
the  enemy  back.  This  was 
kept  up  until  it  was  quite  dark. 
The  Sixth  Corps  was  here 
in  position  in  a  half  circle.  It 
appears  that  Lee  sent  back  all 
his  army — excepting  13,000 
left  to  confront  Hooker  at 
Chancellorsville,  under  Gen 
eral  Jeb  Stuart — and  attacked  the  corps  on  its  flanks  and  front. 
After  desperate  fighting,  the  enemy  being  repulsed  in  all  his 
attacks,  the  lines  were  maintained  until  after  dark,  when,  with 
the  balance  of  the  corps,  it  was  ordered  to  recross  the  river  at 
Banks'  Ford.  When  the  regiment  reached  the  pontoon  bridge 
the  enemy  seemed  to  have  direct  range  of  the  crossing  as  the 
shells  were  dropping  all  around  us.  While  we  were  awaiting  our 
turn  to  cross  the  river,  Major  Wallace,  with  three  companies, 
was  sent  back  to  cover  the  rear  until  relieved  ;  this  meant  they 
were  to  be  abandoned  and  captured.  Upon  moving  out  through 
the  woods,  he  found  the  front  occupied  by  our  troops.  He 
sent  Sergeant  Karney  back  to  report,  and  orders  came  to 
rejoin  the  regiment  at  once.  Crossing  the  pontoon  the  regi 
ment  proceeded  to  its  old  camp,  near  Falmouth,  reaching 
there  about  2  A.  M.  the  morning  of  the  5th.  Loss,  twenty 
wounded. 

General    Seclgwick,    the   corps   commander,   reported   in 
this  campaign,  that  the  Sixth  Corps  lost  in  killed,  wounded 


JAMES   MULLIN, 

Co.  C. 
Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


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and    missing,  4700   men,  but   no    property,  excepting   a   few 
wagons  and  a  blacksmith's  forge. 

Lieutenant  Johnson,  of  the  Twenty-third,  on  General 
Shaler's  staff,  states  that  in  the  distribution  of  the  regiments 
of  the  brigade  prior  to  the  charge  at  Marye's  Heights,  the 
Twenty-third  was  lying  in  front  of  the  stone  wall  at  the  foot 
of  the  heights,  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  New 
York  and  the  Chasseurs,  Sixty-fifth  New  York,  were  sent  in 
the  direction  of  Taylor's  Hill,  to  the  right,  as  a  feint,  while  Gen 
eral  Shaler,  with  the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  and  "  First 
Long  Island,  Sixty-seventh  New  York,"  were  the  support 
ing  column  to  the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  and  Forty-third 
New  York,  under  command  of  Colonel  Spear,  who  moved  out 
from  the  town  as  the  right  charging  column.  When  they  got 
on  the  heights  General  Shaler,  looking  down  to  the  field  in 
front  of  the  stone  wall,  found  that  the  Twenty-third  was  not 
there.  Seeing  a  line  of  blue  over  near  the  little  bricked-walled 
cemetery  on  the  apex  of  the  heights,  he  dispatched  Lieutenant 
Johnson  to  learn  what  troops  they  were.  He  returned  and  re- 
reported  it  was  the  23d  Penn 
sylvania,  which  had  joined 
Colonel  Burnham's  line  as  it 
swept  over  them  on  the 
charge.  Nobody  could  find 
out  who  gave  the  order  ;  it 
was  spontaneous,  and  just  at 
a  most  critical  moment,  when 
the  regiment  was  badly 
needed  to  assist  in  capturing 
that  strong  position. 

General  Longstreet,  in 
his  "  Memoirs — Manassas  to 
Appomattox,"  says  as  to  the 
assault  in  December,  1862  : 

"  A  series  of  braver,  more 
desperate  charges  than  those 
hurled  against  the  troops  in 
the  sunken  road  was  never  known,  and  piles  and  cross-piles  of 
dead  marked  a  field  such  as  I  never  saw  before  or  since." 
(Page  315.) 

As  to  the  assault  of   May  3,  1863,  he  says,  on  page  330, 


C.    PALMER, 
Co.  H,  23d  P.  V.  and  Co.  E,  Sad  Pa.  Vols. 
Killed  at  Winchester,  September  19,  1864. 


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that  it  was  probably  a  mistake  to  draw  McLaws  away  from 
his  position  at  Marye's  Hill  where  he  and  Ransom  had  success 
fully  held  against  six  or  seven  severe  attacks  of  the  Burnside 
battle,  with  three  brigades,  two  of  his  own  and  one  of 
Ransom's. 


BATTERY   GOING   INTO   ACTION. 

General  Early  was  assigned  to  that  position  with  five 
brigades.  He  was  attacked  by  about  one-fourth  thejnumber 
of  McLaws'  assailants,  the  position  was  carried  and  Early 
driven  off  in  confusion,  losing,  besides  large  number  as 


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prisoners,  many    pieces  of   artillery.     His  special  assignment 

was  to   defend  the  plank  road  against  the  enemy's  march  to 

attack    General    Lee's    rear.       Instead,  he   retreated    by   the 

Telegraph  Road,  leaving  the  plank  road  free  for  the  enemy. 

After  driving   Early  off,  the 

enemy  marched  by  the  plank 

road  and  Early  marched  back 

to  his  late  position  at  Marye's 

Hill.     So    General    Lee   was 

obliged  to  take  McLaws  and 

Anderson  from  his  battle  at 

Chancellorsville  to  drive  back 

the  force  threatening  his  rear. 

Following  are  a  few  ex 
tracts  from  the  report  of  Major 
General  John  Sedgwick,  com 
manding  the  Sixth  Corps, 
as  to  Marye's  and  Salem 
Heights.  *  *  *  "Two 
storming  columns  were 
formed  composed  as  follows  : 
Right  column,  commanded 
by  Colonel  George  C.  Spear,  who  fell  while  gallantly  lead 
ing  it ;  the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Major  Daw- 
son,  and  Forty-third  New  York,  Colonel  Baker.  This 
column  was  supported  by  the  Sixty-seventh  New  York 
(First  Long  Island),  Colonel  Cross,  and  the  Eighty-second 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Major  Bassett,  under  command  of 
Colonel  Shaler.  Left  column — the  Seventh  Massachusetts, 
Colonel  Johns,  who  fell  severely  wounded  in  the  assault,  and 
the  Thirty-sixth  New  York,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Walsh. 

"  Line  of  battle,  Colonel  Burnham — the  Fifth  Wisconsin, 
Colonel  Allen,  as  skirmishers  ;  Sixth  Maine,  Lieutenant-Col 
onel  Harris  ;  Thirty-first  New  York,  Colonel  Jones  ;  and  the 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  Colonel  Ely,  the  latter  regiment 
volunteering. 

"  The  columns  moved  on  the  plank  road  and  to  the  right 
of  it,  directly  up  the  heights.  The  line  of  battle  advanced  on 
the  double  quick  to  the  left  of  the  plank  road,  against  the  rifle- 
pits,  neither  halting  nor  firing  a  shot  until  they  had  driven  the 
enemy  from  their  lower  line  of  works.  In  the  meantime,  the 


WILLIAM  H.  MYERS, 

Co.  I,  23d  P.  V.  and  Lieutenant  Co.  K,  Sad  P.  V. 
Killed  at  Sailors'  Creek,  April  6,  1865. 


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storming  columns  had  pressed  forward  to  the  crest,  and  car 
ried  the  works  in  the  rear  of  the  rifle-pits,  capturing  the  guns 
and  many  prisoners.  These  movements  were  gallantly 
executed  under  a  most  destructive  fire. 

«<  *  *  *  The  iosses  of  the  Sixth  Corps  in  these  opera 
tions  were  4700,  killed,  wounded  and  missing.  We  captured 
from  the  enemy,  according  to  the  best  information  we  could 
obtain,  five  battle  flags,  fifteen  pieces  of  artillery,  nine  of 
which  were  brought  off,  the  others  falling  into  the  hands  of 
the  enemy  upon  the  subsequent  reoccupation  of  Fredericks- 
burg  by  his  forces,  and  1400  prisoners,  including  many  officers 
of  rank.  No  material  of  any  kind  belonging  to  the  corps  fell 
into  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  except  several  wagons  and  a 
forge  that  were  passing  through  Fredericksburg  at  the  time 
of  its  reoccupation  by  the  Confederate  forces. 

The  Twenty-third  remained  in  camp  near  Falmouth, 
doing  picket  duty,  until  June  6th,  when,  with  the  Sixth  Corps, 
it  again  crossed  the  Rappahannock  at  Deep  Run.  The  regi 
ment  was  placed  on  the  skirmish  line,  close  up  to  the  enemy's 
works.  Heavy  skirmishing  was  kept  up  from  breastworks 

and  rifle-pits,  resulting  in 
considerable  loss,  shot  and 
shell  being  freely  used. 
Sharpshooters  on  both  sides 
were  very  active  until  the 
1 3th.  Loss,  several  men 
wounded. 

Lee  having  started  on 
his  invasion  of  the  North, 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
following.  The  Sixth  Corps, 
which  had  been  threatening 
the  enemy's  lines,  recrossed 
the  river  and  assumed  the 
rear  position  in  the  Gettys- 
MATHEW  HAZLETT,  burg  campaign.  The  regi- 

.  Killed  at  Fair  oaks,  May  3i,  1862.  ment  was  repeatedly  en 
gaged  in  picket  duty  while  on  the  march.  The  weather  was 
intensely  hot,  and  the  movements  being  at  times  forced, 
it  told  heavily  upon  the  endurance  of  the  men,  quite  a 
number  of  the  corps  being  sunstruck.  On  the  way  up 


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WASH  FROM  THE  SAME 
CANTEEN. 


through    Virginia  the   regiment    went    into    bivouac  on   the 
farm   of  Colonel  White,  near  White's   Ford,  where,   in    1862, 
Company  B  was  captured.     On  their  return  from  the  rebel 
prisons  the  members   of    the  company   spoke   so   highly   of 
the  treatment  accorded  them  by 
White   and    his    command    that 
nothing   was    disturbed    on    his 
place.     Here  the   regiment  was 
given  rations,  and  quite  a  supply 
was  left  at  White's  home  for  use 
of  his  family,  he   being  then  ab 
sent  with  Lee's  army.     The  regi 
ment   continued    the  march,    via 
Poolsville,  New  Market  and  Man 
chester,  to  Westminister,  a  place 
noted  for  its    Catholic    College. 
While  going  into  camp  here  at 
8  P.  M.  of  July   ist,   news  was   received  of  the  battle  going 
on  at  Gettysburg,  thirty-six  miles  away.     The  corps   was  at 
once  put  in  motion,  our  brigade  leading,  but  after  marching 
two  miles  it  was  found  that  the  guide  had  taken  the  wrong 
road.     By  countermarching,   however,  the   command  finally 
struck  the  Baltimore  Pike.     A  rumor  being  circulated  just  at 
this  time,  that  General  Hooker  had  been  relieved  and  that  he 
was  to  be  succeeded  by  General  McClellan,  the  men  exhibited 
their    joy    while    on   the    march    by  singing'  and    in    other 
ways   manifesting   pleasures,  but  we  soon    found  the    report 
was    without   foundation,  and    that   the  :new    commander  of 
the  Army  of   the    Potomac  was    a    Pennsylvanian — General 
George    G.    Meade — who    remained    in    that    position    until 
the  close  of  the   war.     The  march   towards   Gettysburg  was 
a    tiresome    one,    but    the    boys  seemed  unmindful   of    the 
fatigue.     They    knew    that  the   Sixth  Corps    had    been   sent 
for  to  assist  in   driving  Lee  back  and  they  were  getting  there 
as  fast  as  possible.     We  arrived  on  the  battle-field  at  4  P.  M., 
of  the  2nd  of  July,  and  were  immediately  ordered  to  the  sup 
port  of  the  Fifth  Corps,  then  hotly  engaged  in  checking   the 
enemy,  who  was  forcing  the  Third  Corps  back  from  their  ad 
vanced  position  at  the  Emmettsburg  Road.    Forming  en  masse, 
with  cheers  the  corps  took  up  a  position  to  the  right  of  Little 
Round    Top,    only  one    Brigade    (Wheaton's)  becoming  en- 


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gaged,  under  command  of  Colonel  Nevin,  General  Wheaton 
then  being  in  command  of  the  Division.  General  Newton, 
the  Division  Commander,  upon  reaching  the  field  was  placed  in 
command  of  the  First  Army  Corps,  its  commander,  General 
Reynolds,  having  been  killed  in  the  first  day's  fight. 

Early  on  the  morning  of  the  3rd  the  brigade  was  ordered 
to  the  right,  at  Gulp's  Hill,  to  the  support  of  Geary's  Division 
of  the  Twelfth  Corps,  which  was  engaged  in  holding  Ewells' 
Corps  in  check.  The  latter  had  taken  possession  of  that  part 
of  the  line  late  on  the  2nd,  while  the  Twelfth  Corps  were  at 
Little  Round  Top,  supporting  Sickels'  hard-pressed  lines,  the 
brigade  taking  up  a  position  in  a  rocky  ravine  to  the  left  of 
Spangler's  Springs.  Shortly  afterwards  an  order  came  for  the 
regiment  to  relieve  the  troops  in  the  front  line.  Lieu 
tenant  Colonel  John  F.  Glenn,  in  the  absence  of  Colonel  Ely, 
detailed  the  right  wing  for  this  duty,  leaving  the  left  wing 
under  command  of  Major  Wallace.  The  right  wing  moved 
into  the  slight  breastworks,  where  they  relieved  a  Maryland 
regiment  of  Lockwood's  Brigade,  a  portion  of  the  regiment 
crossing  the  works,  taking  a  few  prisoners — for  awhile  it  was 

hotly  engaged.  When  the 
fire  of  the  enemy  having  sub 
sided  somewhat,  the  com 
manding  officer  desiring  to 
ascertain  the  cause  ordered  a 
detail  of  two  men  from  each 
company  to  advance  beyond 
the  works.  They  had  not 
proceeded  very  far  when  the 
enemy  opened  a  terrific  fire, 
and  were  compelled  to  lie 
down  for  protection.  They  re 
mained  in  this  position  until — 
it  being  demonstrated  that  the 
enemy  was  still  in  force — 
General  Geary  issued  orders 
recalling  them.  The  regiment 
was  engaged  with  the  enemy  at  short  range,  however,  until 
the  heavy  cannonading  just  previous  to  Pickett's  charge, 
when  it  retired  about  one  hundred  yards,  having  been  re 
lieved  by  an  Ohio  regiment. 


Co.  E. 


JOHN  DOUGHERTY, 
Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 


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95 


"  Afterwards,  it  moved  with  the  brigade  to  the  support  of 
the  threatened  position  at  the  Left  Center.  Crossing  the  fields 
under  a  heavy  artillery  fire,  the  regiment  took  a  position  to  the 
left  of  Meade's  Headquarters,  beyond  the  Taneytown  road,  just 
as  the  charge  was  repulsed  and  the  prisoners  were  coming  over 
the  slope  ;  here  it  remained  in  support  of  the  Third  Corps, 
until  moved  about  half  mile  further  to  the  right,  being  held  in 
reserve.  The  Twenty-third  was  continued  in  this  capacity  until 
6  A.  M.  of  the  4th,  when,  by  order  of  General  Meade,  it  re- 


FIRE    IN   CAMP. 

joined  the  division,  where  it  remained  until  the  morning  of  the 
5th,  when,  with  the  Sixth  Corps,  the  regiment  joined  in  pursuit 
of  Lee.  The  losses  were  two  officers,  Lieutenant  Joshua  S. 
Garsed,  killed,  and  Lieutenant  Edward  B.  Wilson,  wounded, 
and  twenty-nine  enlisted  men  killed  and  wounded. 


LOSSES   AT   GETTYSBURG. 
Killed  and  Wounded.     Missing. 


Union, 
Confederate, 


17,556 
15,298 


Total. 
5,434  22,900 
4,150  20,448 


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HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


REPORTS  OF  BRIG.   GEN.   ALEXANDER  SHALER, 

Commanding  First  Brigade,  Third  Division. 
Hdqrs.  First  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Sixth  Corps, 

July  27,  1863. 

CAPTAIN: — I  have  the  honor  herewith  to  submit  the  following  re 
port  of  the  movements  and  operations  of  this  brigade  during  the  battle 
of  Gettysburg  : 

At  7  P.  M.  on  the  2nd  instant,  by  direction  of  Brigadier-General 
Wheaton,  commanding  the  division,  the  brigade  was  formed  in  line  of 
battle  on  the  left  of  the  position  held  by  the  army,  in  rear  of  the  Second 
Brigade. 

At  8  A.  M.  of  the  3rd  instant,  under  instructions  from  General 
Wheaton,  I  reported  with  my  brigade  to  Brigadier- General  Geary, 

commanding  Second  Division, 
Twelfth  Corps,  which  held  the 
right  of  the  position  the  army  occu 
pied,  and  by  his  direction  took  a 
sheltered  position  in  rear  of  a  piece 
of  woods,  beyond  which  the  action 
was  then  progressing.  Accom 
panying  this  you  will  find  a  copy 
of  a  report  made  to  General  Geary 
of  the  operations  of  the  brigade 
while  under  his  command. 

At  3.30  o'clock,  by  direction 
of  General  Wheaton,  the  brigade 
was  moved  under  a  terrific  fire  of 
artillery,  to  report  to  General  New 
ton.  A  subsequent  order,  however, 
from  General  Meade,  directed  me 
to  remain  in  rear  of  the  position  of 
the  Third  Corps,  reporting  to  Major-General  Newton  for  instructions. 
At  7  A.  M.  the  brigade  was  moved  by  direction  of  General  New 
ton  about  half  a  mile  to  the  right,  still  in  reserve,  and  remained  in  this 
position  until  6  A.  M.  of  the  4th  instant,  when  the  brigade  rejoined 
the  division,  by  an  order  received  direct  from  General  Meade. 

The  regiments  composing  the  brigade,  without  exception,  ac 
quitted  themselves  in  a  highly  commendable  manner.  I  append  a 
revised  list  of  casualties. 

I  am,  Captain,  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 
ALEXANDER  SHALER, 

Brigadier-General,  Commanding  Brigade. 
CAPT.  A.  J.  SMITH, 

Acting  Asst.  Adjt.  Gen.,  Third  Division,  Sixth  Corps. 


CORPORAL  JOHN   E.  LITTLE, 
Co.  C.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


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Hdqrs.  First  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Sixth  Corps. 

November  20,  1863. 

SIR: — My  attention  has  been  called  to  the  report  of  the  major- 
general  commanding  the  army  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  as  published 
in  the  Washington  Chronicle  of  the  i3th  instant,  in  which  it  is  stated 
in  substance  that  Wheaton's  Brigade,  of 
the  Third  Division,  was  sent  to  the  assist 
ance  of  the  Twelfth  Corps. 

In  justice  to  the  officers  and  men  of 
my  command,  whose  good  services  were 
acknowledged  on  the  ground  by  General 
Geary,  and  as  appears  by  the  accompany 
ing  report,  I  beg  to  ask  the  major-general 
commanding  the  army,  through  the  inter 
mediate  commanders,  for  a  correction  of 
the  report  in  this  particular. 

The  First  Brigade,  and  the  First  alone, 
was  directed  and  did  report  to  General 
Geary,  commanding  Second  Division  of 
the  Twelfth  Corps,  on  the  morning  of 
July  3,  and  went  into  action  under  my 
command  by  direction  of  General  Geary. 

I  enclose  a  copy  of  my  report  to  the 

Assistant  Adjutant-General  of  the  Second  Division,  Twelfth  Corps, 
and  also  a  copy  of  the  report  to  the  Acting  Assistant  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Third  Division,  Sixth  Corps,  for  the  perusal  of  the  major-general 
commanding. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  very  respectfully  yours, 

ALEXANDER  SHALER, 
Brig.  -Gen. ,  Comdg.  First  Brig. ,  Third  Div. ,  Sixth  Corps. 

CAPT.  A.  E.  KING, 

Assistant  Adjutant-General,  Third  Division. 

(Endorsements. ) 
Headquarters  Third  Division,  Sixth  Corps. 

November  2,  1863. 
Respectfully  forwarded.     Approved. 

H.  D.  TERRY, 
Brigadier-General,  Commanding. 


HISTORY   OF   THE   TWENTY-THIRD    REGIMENT 


Headquarters  Sixth  Corps. 

November  21,  1863. 
Respectfully  forwarded. 

In  my  report  of  the  operations  at  Gettysburg,  it  is  stated  that 
"Shaler's  Brigade  was  also  ordered  first  to  the  left  and  then  to  the 
right,  and  subsequently  returned  to  the  left  center  and  held  in  re 
serve;"  and  it  appears  also  that  Wheaton's  Brigade  remained  in  the 
position  in  which  it  was  placed  on  the  evening  of  July  2d,  i.  e.,  on 
the  left  center. 

The  mistake   in   regard  to  the  position  of  the  two  brigades  may 


WOUNDED  ON  SKIRMISH  LINE. 

have  originated  in  the  report  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  Twelfth 
Corps. 

JOHN  SEDGWICK, 
Major-General,  Commanding  Sixth  Corps. 

Headquarters  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

November  23,  1863. 

Respectfully  forwarded,  with  the  recommendation  that  the  neces 
sary  correction  in  my  report  of  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  which  was 
based  upon  that  of  the  corps  commanders,  be  made. 

GEO.  G.  MEADE, 
Major-General,  Commanding. 


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(Inclosure. ) 
Hdqrs.  Third  Brig.,  Third  Div. ,  Sixth  Corps. 

July  21,  1863. 

MAJOR: — I  have  the  honor  to  hand  you  the  following  report  of  the 
movements   and   operations   of  the  several  regiments  of  this  brigade 
while    under    command    of     Brigadier- 
General  Geary,  during  the  action  of  the 
morning  of  July  3 : 

At  9  A.  M.  the  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-second  New  York  Volunteers, 
Col.  Silas  Titus  commanding,  was  di 
rected  to  relieve  the  One  Hundred  and 
Eleventh  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  then 
occupying  a  position  in  the  front  line. 

Finding  the  breastworks  had  been 
hastily  vacated  by  the  regiment,  they 
were  immediately  re-occupied  by  the 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second,  and 
held  by  them,  under  a  severe  fire  of  the 
enemy,  until  relieved  by  the  Eighty-  PETER  BORN, 

second     Pennsylvania     Volunteers    at  Co- A- 

Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

11.30  A.  M. 

At  9. 20  A.  M.  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Lieut. 
Col.  John  F.  Glenn  commanding,  was  placed  in  position  as  support  to,- 
and  150  yards  in  rear  of,  the  front  line.  After  about  three  hours,  five 
companies  were,  by  direction  of  General  Geary,  reported  to  the  lieu 
tenant-colonel  commanding  a  regiment  of  the  Second  Division,  Twelfth 
Corps. 

These  companies,  being  deployed  in  rear  of  the  works,  were,, 
under  a  galling  fire  of  musketry,  advanced  into  them.  Owing  to  the 
heavy  fire  immediately  opened  by  the  enemy,  the  design  of  feeling 
them  with  skirmishers  was  found  impracticable.  Skirmishers  were 
advanced,  however,  about  fifteen  paces,  but  were  shortly  afterward 
withdrawn. 

At  1 1  A.  M.  the  Sixty-seventh  New  York  Volunteers,  Col.  Nelson 
Cross  commanding,  marched  into  the  woods  and  forward  to  the  breast 
works,  from  which  the  enemy  were  then  fleeing.  They  succeeded  in 
capturing  about  20  prisoners. 

At  11.15  o'clock  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York  Volunteers,  Col. 
Joseph  E.  Hamblin  commanding,  occupied  a  position  as  support  to 
the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  of  this  brigade. 

At  11.30  A.  M.  the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Col. 
E.  C.  Bassett  commanding,  advanced  to  the  front  line,  relieving  the 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  New  York,  and  occupying  the 


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HISTORY   OF   THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


position  until  relieved  by  a  portion  of  General  Geary's  command,  at 
about  3  P.  M.  At  this  hour  the  brigade  was  reformed  under  my 
command. 

I  annex  a  list  of  killed,  wounded  and  missing  during  the  engage 
ments. 


I  am,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

ALEXANDER  SHALER, 
Brigadier-General,  Commanding  Brigade. 
Assistant  Adjutant-General, 

Second  Division,  Twelfth  Corps. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 


101 


General  John  W.  Geary,  commanding  the  Second  Divi 
sion,  Twelfth  Corps,  in  his  report  on  Gettysburg,  states, 
relative  to  Shaler's  Brigade :  *  *  *  "About  8  A.  M.  the 
enemy  doubled  their  efforts,  and,  massing  all  the  force  against 
us  that  the  ground  would  admit, 
pressed  forward  with  an  evident 
determination  to  carry  the  posi 
tion  at  all  hazards.  Our  entire 
line  was  hotly  engaged,  and,  fear 
ing  that  the  overwhelming  force 
might  prove  too  much  for  us, 
General  Slocum  was  solicited  for 
reinforcements,  and  General 
Alexander  Shaler's  (First)  Brig 
ade,  Third  Division,  Sixth  Corps, 
reported  at  8.45  o'clock,  and  was 
posted  as  a  reserve.  Ten  min 
utes  before  the  arrival  of  this 
brigade,  the  Fourteenth  Brooklyn 
and  One  Hundred  and  Forty- 
seventh  New  York  Volunteers 
(both  together  about  1 50  strong)  reported  again  from  General 
Wadsworth's  division,  and  were  sent  in  to  re-enforce  Kane's 
Brigade,  on  the  right.  They  were  shortly  afterwards  relieved 
by  Candy's  and  Lockwood's  troops.  Instructions  having  been 
given  me  not  to  actively  engage  Shaler's  brigade  unless  una 
voidable,  only  a  portion  of  it  was  employed  briefly.  Those 
engaged  displayed  the  accustomed  gallantry,  which  has  en 
rolled  Shaler's  brigade  among  the  best  veterans  of  the  army. 

"At  9  A.  M.,  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  New 
York  (Col.  Silas  Titus),  of  this  brigade,  relieved  the  One  Hun 
dred  and  Eleventh  Pennsylvania,  of  Kane's  which  had 
been  engaged  in  the  front  line  all  the  morning,  and  whose 
ammunition  was  failing.  The  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania, 
(Colonel  Isaac  S.  Bassett),  Shaler's  Brigade,  relieved  the  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-second  New  York  after  our  occupancy 
of  the  breastworks." 

"  At  9.20  o'clock  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  (Colonel 
John  F.  Glenn,)  of  the  same  brigade,  was  placed  in  support  of 
the  front  line,  about  150  yards  to  the  rear,  and  subsequently 
five  companies  of  it  was  deployed  by  my  order  in  rear  of  the 


DAVID   APPLEGATE, 

Corporal  Co.  G. 
Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 


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HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


works,  and  advanced  into  them.  Toward  the  end  of  the  en 
gagement,  a  portion  of  them  was  pushed  out  a  few  paces  as 
skirmishers,  but  the  impracticability  of  feeling  the  enemy  with 
skirmishers  was  demonstrated  by  their  increased  fire,  and  they 
were  withdrawn." 

"  The  Sixty-fifth  (Colonel  Joseph  E.  Hamblin),  the  Sixy- 
seventh  New  York  (Colonel  Nelson  Cross),  and  Eighty-second 
Pennsylvania,  were  placed  well  to  the  front,  after  the  enemy  had 
been  driven  back,  to  resist  any  renewed  demonstration  of  hos 
tility  on  the  part  of  the  enemy,  while  several  already  over 
worked  regiments  of  my  division  were  allowed  a  much  needed 
respite,  for  their  energies,  which  had  been  so  many  hours, 
stretched  to  their  utmost  tension.  They  were  not,  however, 
called  upon  for  further  operations. 

"About  2  o'clock  the  brigade  was  ordered  to  rejoin  the 
corps.  While  subject  to  my  order,  it  behaved  with  admirable 
coolness,  and  manifested  to  an  eminent  degree  the  possession 
of  the  greatest  attributes  of  the  soldier,  both  during  the  brief 
period  (as  per  orders)  they  were  actively  engaged  and  while 

under  heavy  fire,  as  they 
awaited  the  moment  they 
might  be  called  upon. 

u  Their    casualties    num 
bered  in  the   aggregate  forty- 
•  five  —  eleven     enlisted      men 

^IPt  being  killed. 

"  Their  brave  and  efficient 
commander,  Brigadier  General 
Alexander  Shaler  is  entitled  to 
the  warmest  eulogies  for  his 
readiness  to  participate  in  any 
measure  to  provide  for  the 
emergencies  besetting  us." 

When  it  was  discovered 
that  Lee  had  retreated,  the 
Sixth  Corps,  on  the  morning  of 
the  5th,  moved  out  the  road  to 
the  right  of  Little  Round  Top.  When  about  five  miles  from 
Gettysburg,  the  Corps  struck  Lee's  rear  guard,  on  the  Cham- 
bersburg  Pike,  skirmishing  with  him  to  Fairfield.  During  the 
night  the  regiment  was  on  picket,  capturing  eighty-five  prison- 


WILLIAM   GRAHAM, 

Co.  G.     Died  of  wounds  received  at  Cold 

Harbor  June,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


103 


ers.  Abandoning  the  direct  line  of  pursuit,  the  Corps  moved  to 
the  left,  through  Emmettsburg,  and  attempted  to  cross  the 
mountains  with  artillery  to  Middletown  ;  but,  the  road  being  a 
very  difficult  one,  the  night  dark,  and  the  rain  descending  in  tor 
rents,  the  guns  were  soon  fast 
in  the  mud,  and  had  to  be  taken 
apart  before  they  could  be  got 
back  on  the  main  road  through 
Frederick.  A  fragment  of  the 
Corps  reached  the  Summit  at 
midnight,  while  the  greater  por 
tion  were  either  resting  on  the 
road  or  lost  on  the  march  up. 
At  daylight  of  the  Qth,  the 
regiment  was  moved  to  the  sup 
port  of  the  cavalry  and  placed 
on  the  skirmish  line.  Loss,  two 
men  wounded.  On  the  loth  and 
i  ith,  they  had  a  severe  skirmish 
with  the  enemy  at  Funkstown 
— loss,  several  men  wounded. 
On  the  i2th,  it  was  ascertained  that  the  enemy  had  fallen  back, 
during  the  previous  night,  to  a  strongly  entrenched  position 
on  the  heights  about  Williamsport.  Our  lines  were  formed  at 
once  in  front  of  it,  with  orders  to  build  breastworks  and  to  be  in 
readiness  to  assault  the  enemy's  breastworks  at  daylight.  The 
order  for  attack,  however,  was  countermanded  and  the  troops 
remained  inactive  all  of  that  day.  During  the  night  Lee  re- 
crossed  the  Potomac. 

Upon  an  examination  of  the  works  which  he  abandoned 
they  were  found  to  have  been  equally  as  strong  as  his  entrench 
ments  at  Mine  Run  or  Cold  Harbor.  The  Twenty-third  then 
marched  back  to  Berlin,  where  it  was  supplied  with  clothing. 

On  the  iQth,  the  Corps  proceeded  to  Manassas  Gap,  sup 
porting  the  Third  and  Fifth  Corps  in  their  passage  through 
that  gap.  From  here  it  moved  to  Chester  Gap,  thence  to 
Warrenton,  where  it  laid  out  camp,  decorating  the  grounds  in 
an  elaborate  and  tasteful  manner,  with  the  view  of  permanent 
quarters.  On  August  I5th,  with  other  troops  of  the  Corps, 
the  regiment  was  sent  to  the  mouth  of  the  North  Fork  of  the 
Rappahannock,  on  a  reconnoissance  ;  five  companies  were  left 


JOHN   WILSON, 
Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 


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at  the  cross-roads  of  the  Orleans  and  Waterloo  Pike,  the  other 
portion  of  the  regiment  guarding  the  fords  and  bridges  of  the 
river.  On  the  i/th  it  was  relieved  and  returned  to  its  old 
camp,  where  it  was  joined  by  Major  Wallace,  with  one  hundred 

and  fifty-six  drafted  men  from 
Philadelphia.  The  majority  of 
these  men  were  of  little  ser 
vice,  as  they  were  substitutes 
for  men  who  had  been  drafted — 
in  fact,  were  bounty-jumpers, 
nearly  all  deserting  within  a  few 
weeks.  Those  who  remained 
became  good  soldiers,  several 
being  killed  or  wounded. 

Shortly  afterwards,  the 
brigade  was  detached  from  the 
Third  Division  and  assigned 
to  the  Second  Division  under 
General  Howell.  September 
4th,  the  officers  of  the  regiment 
gave  a  reception  to  the  brig 
ade  officers,  at  which  General  Birney,  of  the  Third  Corps  ; 
General  Terry,  Division  Commander ;  Generals  Wheaton  and 
Shaler,  with  their  staffs,  wrere  guests,  and  as  were  all  of  the 
affairs  of  the  Twenty-third,  it  was  "hunkey-dorey." 

During  the  dog  days,  division  drills  came  every  day  and 
inspection  on  Sundays  ;  sunstroke  was  not  uncommon,  it  being 
necessary  to  establish  hospitals  on  the  drill  grounds.  While 
at  Warrenton  many  men  of  the  regiment  were  detailed  as 
safety  guards  and  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  the  sympathizing 
Confederate  residents,  as  all  their  able-bodied  men  were  in 
the  Confederate  Army,  either  with  Lee  or  Mosby.  While  here 
the  boys  were  careful  to  keep  within  the  lines,  because  if  cap 
tured,  they  would  be  sure  to  go  to  Richmond,  as  strong  bands 
of  Confederate  cavalry  were  constantly  hovering  about.  Some 
of  the  men  became  careless,  nevertheless,  and  a  few  were  cap 
tured,  one  of  the  latter  belonging  to  the  Signal  Corps  of  the 
Division. 

September  i6th  the  regiment  broke  camp  and  moved  to 
the  vicinity  of  Culpepper.  Along  with  the  rest  of  the  brigade 
it  was  paraded  at  headquarters  to  witness  the  execution  of  one 


EDWARD    F.  EISENBARTH, 
Co.  K.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


of  the  men  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  New  York, 
who  had  been  sentenced  to  be  shot  for  desertion.  When  every 
thing-  was  ready  for  the  execution,  Adjutant  Boggs  stepped  to 
the  front  of  the  line  and  read  a  pardon  from  President  Lincoln. 

Everybody  seemed  satisfied 
at  this  termination,  and  "  Old 
Abe  "  was  commended  for  his 
kindness  of  heart. 

October  ist  the  Twenty- 
third  moved  with  the  Sixth 
Corps  to  Catletts'  Station ; 
here  it  remained  on  fatigue 
and  picket  duty  until  the  1 2th, 
when  all  the  rolling  stock  of 
the  road,  with  government 
stores,  arrived  at  Warrenton 
Junction,  and  Captain  Rees, 
with  four  companies,  was 
detailed  to  guard  them.  Late 
the  same  evening  it  was 
rumored  that  the  enemy  was 
advancing,  and  the  Twenty-third  and  one  company  of  the 
Thirteenth  Pennsylvania  Cavalry  was  sent  to  re-enforce  the 
guard.  During  the  night  General  Shaler  arrived  with  the 
balance  of  the  brigade,  and  at  daylight  the  rest  of  the 
corps  arrived  and  the  stores  were  safe.  On  the  isth  the 
brigade  marched  to  Centreville,  where  they  were  formed  in 
line  of  battle,  while  the  Second  Corps  was  in  action  at  Bristow 
Station.  At  3  A.  M.  the  regiment  marched  to  Chantilly,  where 
it  again  formed  line  of  battle,  but  the  rebel  commander  did  not 
seem  desirious  of  a  conflict  and  began  to  retire. 

The  Sixth  Corps  then  continued  its  forward  movement, 
and,  after  considerable  skirmishing,  reached  Warrenton  on 
the  2ist,  going  into  Camp  in  its  old  quarters. 

On  November  /th  they  marched  to  Rappahannock  Station, 
where  the  brigade  drove  the  enemy's  skirmishers  back  to  their 
line  of  works,  which  consisted  of  a  redoubt  with  four  pieces  of 
artillery  and  entrenchments  right  and  left,  covering  a  pontoon 
bridge,  with  the  Brigades  of  Hokes  and  Hayes  holding  the  pos 
ition.  The  assaulting  party  consisted  of  the  Fifth  Wisconsin, 
Sixth  Maine,  Fortv-ninth  and  One  hundred  and  Nineteenth 


FREDERICK   Hl'BER, 

ist  Sergt.  Co.  F. 
Killed  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


107 


Pennsylvania  and  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  New  York. 
These  troops  were  commanded  by  General  David  A.  Russell, 
Colonel  Ellmaker  the  brigade,  and  General  Upton,  the  assault 
ing  column  numbering  thirteen  hundred  muskets.  The  move 
ment  resulted  in  the  capture  of  the  entire  position,  including 
1600  prisoners,  130  commissioned  officers,  eight  battle  flags, 
four  pieces  of  artillery  and  destruction  of  the  pontoon  bridge. 

The  following  congratulatory  letter  from   General  Sedg- 
wick,  Commander  of  the  Sixth  Corps,  was  read  to  the  Corps  : 

"Headquarters  of  the  Right  Column, 


General  Order  No.   i. 


November  8th,  1863. 


The  General  commanding  the  right  column,  congratulates  the 
troops  of  his  command  on  the  admirable  success  which  attended  the 
operations  of  yesterday.  The  enemy  was  attacked  in  an  entrenched 
position  of  great  strength,  in  enclosed  works  defended  by  artillery  and 
infantry,  and  compelled  to  surrender,  after  a  sharp  conflict,  to  an 
assaulting  column  actually  inferior  in  numbers  to  the  forces  defending 
the  works.  Four  pieces  of  artillery,  four  caissons  filled  with  ammuni 
tion,  the  enemy's  pontoon  bridge, 
eight  battle-flags,  2000  stands  of 
small  arms,  1600  prisoners,  includ 
ing  130  commissioned  officers,  are 
the  fruits  of  the  victory. 

The  prompt  advance  of  the 
Fifth  Corps  to  the  river  from  the 
right  of  its  line,  simultaneously 
with  the  troops  of  the  Sixth  Corps, 
are  worthy  of  high  praise. 

The  taking  of  the  heights  on 
the  right  by  Neill  and  Shaler's 
brigades  of  the  Sixth  Corps  under 
General  Howe — to  obtain  position 
for  the  batteries — was  admirably 
accomplished. 

The    assault    of  the  storming  JOSHUA  s.  GARSED, 

party,  under  General  Russell,  con-  Lieut-  Co-  B-  Killed  at  Gettysburg,  July  3, 1863. 
ducted  over  rough  open  ground  in  full  fire  of  the  works,  could  not  be 
surpassed  in  steadiness  and  gallantry. 

The  brigades  of  Colonel   Ellmaker  and   Colonel   Upton,  and  the 
troops   of  the   Sixth   Corps,    which   participated   in   the  assault,  have 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


nobly  earned  the  admiration  and  gratitude   of  their   commander  and 
commanders. 

The  Sixth  Maine  and  Fifth  Wisconsin  Volunteers,  for  carrying  the 
redoubts  ;  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  New  York,  Fifth  Maine, 
Forty-ninth  and  One  Hundred  and  Nineteenth  Pennsylvania  Volunteers, 
for  taking  the  line  of  rifle  pits  with  the  bayonet  and  seizing  the 
enemy's  bridge,  deserve  special  honor. 

By  command  of  Major-General  Sedgwick, 

M.  T.  McMAHON. 
Chief  of  Staff  and  Asst.  Adj. -General." 


The  next  day  the  regiment  was  detailed  with  the  Thirty- 
seventh  Massachusetts,  Second  Rhode  Island  and  Sixty-fifth 
New  York,  under  the  command  of  General  Eustis,  and 
marched  to  Kelly's  Ford  and  crossed  the  river,  and  assisted 
in  destroying  the  rebel  fortifications.  One  of  the  forts 
had  a  checkered  history.  It  was  first  built  by  the  troops 
under  General  Pope  and  faced  to  the  south.  When  Lee  ap 
proached  the  right  bank  of  the  river  it  changed  its  face  to  the 
north.  Upon  Meade's  advance  to  Culpepper  about  face  was 
the  order,  and  it  again  looked  to  the  south.  As  Lee  advanced 

on  the  retreat  of  the  Army  of 

the  Potomac  to  Centerville  it 
was  elaborately  reconstructed 
and  was  made  to  again  face  to 
the  north.  Now  for  the  fifth 
time  the  boys  were  hard  at  work 
putting  it  in  shape  to  again  face 
the  advancing  column.  On  the 
1 3th  the  regiment  was  relieved 
by  the  loth  Massachusetts,  im 
mediately  afterward  rejoining 
the  brigade  in  camp  near 
Brandy  Station,  remaining  until 
the  27th,  when  the  Mine  Run 
campaign  commenced.  After 
crossing  the  Rapidan  at  Ger- 
mania  Ford,  a  half  mile  from 
the  river,  it  formed  in  line  where  General  French's  troops  had 
been  engaged.  The  next  day  it  marched  to  Robinson's 
Tavern,  and  moved  to  the  support  of  the  First  and  Second 


MAJOR   VVM.  CLARK. 
Capt.  Co.  E,  23rd  P.  V.  and  Major  82d  P.  V. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


109 


Divisions  of  the  Sixth  Corps,  charging  the  enemy  at  Chancel- 
lorsville  Pike  and  driving  them  back  to  their  works  at  Mine  Run. 

On  Sunday  morning,  the  29th,  the  Twenty-third  was 
ordered  to  the  support  of  Gregg's  Cavalry,  and  on  the  3Oth  it 
was  assigned  to  the  extreme  left  of  the  line  with  orders  to 
prepare  for  a  charge  of  the  enemy's  works.  The  charge  was 
never  made,  as  General  Warren,  then  Chief  of  Staff  of  Meade's 
Army,  reported  the  works  impregnable  and  the  assault  was 
abandoned.  While  lying  here,  we  discerned  in  our  front,  what 
at  first  appeared  to  be  several  ambulances,  but  which  subse 
quently  proved  to  be  a  masked  battery,  when  suddenly  they 
threw  off  the  tarpaulin  covers  and  opened  a  terrific  fire  on  our 
lines,  killing  and  wounding  seven  of  the  Twenty-third. 

Lying  exposed  to  the  cold  and  without  fires,  on  the  night  of 
December  ist  the  whole  army  fell  back,  our  regiment  passing 
through  Chancellorsville,  the  Gold  Mines,  and  crossing  at  Ger- 
mania  Ford,  finally  reaching  its  old  camp  ;  loss,  i  killed  and  7 
wounded. 

On   December  6th   Colonel  Ely  resigned   on   account    of 
wounds  and  sickness,  and  was  succeeded  as  Colonel  by  Lieu 
tenant-Colonel    John  F.  Glenn. 
Major  William  J.  Wallace  was 
promoted  to  Lieutenant-Colonel 
and  Captain    Henry    Reese    to 
Major. 

The  friends  of  the  Twenty- 
third  in  Philadelphia  gave  a 
ball  at  Sansom  Street  Hall  for 
the  benefit  of  the  regiment. 
With  the  proceeds  was  pur 
chased  six  hundred  pairs  of 
woolen  gloves,  and  a  new  stand 
of  colors  containing  a  list  of  the 
battles  in  which  the  regiment 
participated  inscribed  thereon, 
all  being  received  by  the  regi 
ment  while  in  the  field.  A  short 
time  previously  the  ladies  of  Bucks  County,  friends  of  Col 
onel  Ely,  sent  the  enlisted  men  ear  comforters,  so  that  the  boys 
were  fairly  protected,  through  the  kindess  of  friends,  from  the 
chilly  blasts  of  the  severe  winter. 


JAMES   TATE, 
Drummer.    Co.  E. 


110  HISTORY  OF   THE   TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


While  in  camp  at  this  place  one  hundred  medals  were 
struck  off  by  Colonel  Ely  for  such  of  the  enlisted  men  as  were 
designated  by  the  company  officers  as  most  deserving  of 
merit  for  gallantry  in  the  charge  at  Marye's  Heights.  The 

distribution  of  these  medals 
caused  considerable  dissatis 
faction  throughout  the  regiment 
On  December  soth  two 
hundred  of  the  command  re- 
enlisted  as  veteran  volunteers, 
and  proceeded  to  Philadelphia 
under  command  of  Colonel 
Glenn,  on  veteran  furlough,  the 
balance  of  the  regiment  remain 
ing  in  camp  at  Brandy  Station, 
under  Lieut.-Colonel  Wallace, 
the  camp  being  situated  on  a 
hill  to  the  right  of  the  sta 
tion  near  Meade's  headquarters. 


JAMES  HENRY,  Here  winter  quarters    were  es 

tablished,  many  of  the  men  build 
ing  elegant  log  houses,  which  contained  all  the  comforts  pos 
sible.  The  usual  winter  work  of  picket  duty,  diversified  with 
occasional  expeditions  in  search  of  Mosby's  men  in  that 
locality,  constituted  our  duties,  until  January  6th  when, 
with  the  brigade,  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  intercept  a 
movement  of  the  Confederates  threatening  Washington,  this 
turned  out  to  be  false,  and  while  lying  in  the  streets  of  Wash 
ington  enjoying  a  snow  storm  waiting  orders,  the  brigade 
was  ordered  to  Johnson's  Island,  Sandusky  Bay,  in  Lake 
Erie,  opposite  Sandusky,  Ohio,  to  guard  rebel  prisoners; 
it  being  rumored  at  the  time  that  rebel  sympathizers  were 
organizing  in  Canada  to  cross  the  ice  and  liberate  the 
4200  officers  confined  there ;  the  object  of  this  move,  as 
stated,  being  to  send  these  officers  to  the  West  where  they 
were  to  gather  about  them  those  who  were  in  sympathy 
with  the  Confederate  cause,  perfect  them  in  the  tactics,  and 
afterward  seize  arsenals  and  stores,  destroy  bridges  and  in 
every  way  assist  the  Confederate  Government.  At  this  time  the 
prison  was  guarded  by  "  Home  Guards"  and  "  one  hundred 
days'  men."  The  winter  had  been  so  severe  that  the  bay 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


Ill 


was  frozen  from  shore  to  shore,  and  the  Island  could  readily  be 
reached  by  that  means.  The  arrival  of  the  brigade  prevented 
the  consummation  of  this  contemplated  movement.  The  regi 
ment  started  for  Johnson's  Island  from  the  front  over  the  Balti 
more  &  Ohio  Railroad  in  cattle  cars — the  kind  in  use  in  those 
days — in  mid- winter.  Nevertheless,  the  boys  enjoyed  this 
detail  because  it  was  considered  "  a  snap" — comfortable  quar 
ters,  plenty  of  rations,  camp  fires  every  night  in  the  barracks 
and  passes  when  off  duty  to  visit  Sandusky,  which  was  a 
very  interesting  city. 

One  of  the  pleasant  diversions  while  on  this  detail  was  a 
ball  given  by  the  officers — at  which,  by  the  way,  someone  was 
unkind  enough  to  liberally  sprinkle  the  floor  with  snuff- 
causing  consternation  for  a  time.  If  the  sprinkler  had  been 
found,  it  wrould  have  been  hard  to  have  saved  him  from  going 
to  the  Dry  Tortugas. 

The  "  Johnnies"  seemed  to  appreciate  and  enjoy  the 
change  of  custodians,  having  tired  of  the  *'  Home  Guards," 
because,  when  they  caught  sight  of  the  Greek  Cross  as  the 
right  of  our  brigade  neared  the  stockade,  up  w ent  the  rebel  yell 
in  greeting.  Thus  the  change, 
so  far  as  our  brigade  and  the 
prisoners  were  concerned,  was 
agreeable  to  Johnnie  and  Yank. 

The  "pleasantness"  of  this 
tour  of  duty  was  not,  however, 
monopolized  by  the  enlisted 
men,  for  on  occasions  of  special 
exchange  the  officers  of  our 
brigade  were  all  anxious  to  be 
detailed  to  accompany  the  Con 
federates  to  the  destination 
named  in  the  order.  Officers 
and  men  alike  were  fully  aware 
that  this  condition  could  not 
last,  as  when  the  campaign 
opened,  back  to  the  front  we 
would  go,  and  all  were  disposed  to  enjoy  the  opportunity  of 
this  snap  to  the  fullest  extent.  On  February  nth,  Colonel 
Glenn,  accompanied  by  the  veterans  whose  furloughs  had 
expired  and  a  number  of  new  recruits  rejoined  the  regiment. 


WILLIAM    EVERHARDT, 
Co.  C. 


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HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


When  the  campaign  opened  in  the  spring  General  Shaler, 
with  the  Sixty-fifth,  Sixty-seventh  and  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-second  New  York,  left  for  the  front  and  arrived  in  time 
to  participate  in  the  opening  of  the  Wilderness  campaign, 
^  where  the  General  was  cap 
tured  in  trying  to  hold  the  ex 
treme  right  flank  with  his  little 
skeleton  command.  This  was 
the  end  of  his  term  of  service 
with  his  old  brigade.  He  was 
held  prisoner  of  war  a  long 
time,  and  was  one  of  the  offi 
cers  placed  under  the  fire  of  our 
guns  at  Charleston.  When  re 
leased  he  was  assigned  to  the 
command  of  the  ist  Division, 
yth  Corps,  at  DuVall's  Bluff, 
Arkansas,  being  made  Brevet 
Major-General  for  long  and 
faithful  services.  Here  he  re 
mained  until  the  close  of  the 
war.  General  Shaler  was  a  strict  disciplinarian,  a  good  soldier, 
and  was  well  liked,  both  by  officers  and  men. 

On  May  9th  the  Twenty-third  and  Eighty-second  Penn 
sylvania  were  relieved  from  duty  at  the  prison  camp  and 
ordered  to  the  front,  the  Wilderness  campaign  having 
opened.  Arriving  at  Belle  Plain,  where  several  thousand 
prisoners  from  the  recent  actions  were  gathered  we  found  the  old 
brigade  commander,  General  Abercrombie,  in  command  of  the 
post.  Colonel  Isaac  C.  Bassett,  of  the  Eighty-second,  was  placed 
in  command  of  both  regiments,  while  Colonel  Glenn  was  made 
Commissary  of  Prisoners.  After  shipping  the  latter  to  Fort 
Delaware,  Point  Lookout,  etc.,  the  regiment  marched  to 
Fredericksburg,  and  was  detailed  to  guard  a  wagon  train  of 
five  hundred  wagons  destined  for  the  front. 


JACOB   H.  VOCUM, 
Co.  G. 


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Headquarters  Sixth  Corps. 

May  1 8th,  1864. 
Brigadier  General  S.  WILLIAMS, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 

GENERAL  : — Understanding  that  two  regiments  of  this  corps,  the 
Eighty-second  and  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  recently  returned  from 
duty  at  Sandusky,  Ohio,  are  retained  for  guard  duty  at  Belle  Plain,  I 
respectfully  request  that  they  may  be  ordered  at  once  to  the  corps. 
I  would  respectfully  suggest  that  it  would  be  for  the  interest  of  the  ser 
vice  to  assign  new  regiments  to  depot  duty  and  send  the  veteran  regi 
ments  to  the  front. 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

H.  G.  WRIGHT, 
Major- General,  Commanding. 


Headquarters. 

Belle  Plain,  Va.,  May  19,  1864. 
Brig. -Gen.  J.  A.  RAWLINS, 

Chief  of  Staff. 

GENERAL  : — The  Twenty-third  and  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  arrived  at  this  post  just  as  we  were  in  receipt  of  over  7500 
prisoners.  It  was  indispensably  necessary  that  the  provost  guard, 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  who  brought  them,  should  be  relieved  and 
sent  to  the  front.  The  two  Pennsylvania  regiments  (which  had  been  on 
duty  at  Johnson's  Island  over  prisoners)  were  substituted  in  the 
emergency.  The  last  of  the  rebels  left  here  yesterday,  and  the 
Twenty-third  and  Eighty-second  have  been  ordered  forward. 

By  order  of  Brigadier-General  J.  J.  Abercrombie. 

I  am,  General,  etc., 

R.  L.  ORR, 

Captain  and  Acting  Assistant  Adjutant-General. 


114 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


After  delivering  the  train  safely  at  Bowling  Green,  they 
passed  through  Milford  Station  and  crossed  the  North  Anna 
river,  joining  their  former  associates  who  had  become  the  Fourth 
Brigade  (Colonel  Nelson  Cross),  First  Division  (General  David 
A.  Russell),  Sixth  Corps,  (General  H.  G.  Wright),  the  old  Third 
Division  having  been  broken  up  during  their  absence  and  the 
troops  from  the  Valley,  under  General  Ricketts  were  consti 
tuted  the  Third  Division,  while  those  of  the  former  Third  were 
distributed  between  the  First  and  Second  Divisions. 

On  the  24th  the  regiment  moved  to  the  right  and  front, 
along  the  Virginia  Central  Railroad,  which  it  assisted  in  de 
stroying.  The  division  having  been  detached  from  the  Corps, 

the  Twenty-third  recrossed  the 
North  Anna  at  Jericho  Bridge, 
escorting  the  wagon  train  to 
Chesterfield  station.  After  a 
forced  march  by  night  to  Ham 
ilton,  they  crossed  the  Pam- 
unkey  river  about  noon  on  the 
27th,  where  they  joined  Sher 
idan's  cavalry.  In  this  vicinity 
was  a  village  of  the  Pamunkey 
Indians,  the  male  members  of 
which  were  used  by  both  sides 
as  guides  through  the  slash 
ings.  In  this  part  of  the  coun 
try,  beyond  the  Wilderness, 
was  a  splendid  agricultural 
district,  dotted  here  and  there 
with  old  colonial  mansions.  On  the  28th  they  moved  for 
ward  about  three  miles  and  were  stationed  in  the  rear  of  the 
front  line  as  reserves.  On  the  29th,  they  started  with  the  divi 
sion  on  a  reconnoissance  to  Hanover  Court  House.  The  regi 
ment  being  on  the  skirmish  line,  remained  out  all  night, 
entrenching  as  they  marched,  loosing  several  men  wounded. 
On  the  night  of  the  3ist,  they  started  for  Cold  Harbor,  where 
they  arrived  about  noon  of  June  ist.  The  regiment  was  formed 
on  the  left  of  the  Richmond  and  Games'  Mills  cross-roads. 
The  Twenty-third  was  selected  to  storm  the  enemy's  works  in 
front,  with  the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania  supporting  it,  and, 
after  driving  the  enemy's  skirmishers  through  a  strip  of  woods 


ALEX    POWELL, 
ist  Sergt.,  Co.  F. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


115 


— which  they  set  fire  to  as  they  fell  back — the  line  emerged 
into  the  open  field.  About  500  yards  away,  on  a  little  hill, 
were  the  enemy's  works.  Preparations  were  at  once  made  for 
the  final  charge,  the  Ninety-fifth  Pennsylvania  being  on  the 
right,  but  the  left  of  the  regiment  was  unprotected  by  either 
infantry  or  artillery.  About  5  P.  M.  orders  to  advance  were 
given  and  as  soon  as  they  were  communicated,  the  line  swept 
forward  on  the  double  quick,  confronting  a  severe  artillery 
and  infantry  fire.  Dashing  forward  on  the  run,  however,  the 
thin  line  crossed  the  enemy's  works,  the  left  of  the  line  being 
subjected  to  a  flanking  fire  of  grape  and  canister,  but  having 
only  a  handful  of  men,  they  were  soon  driven  out.  The 
Eighty-second,  however,  came 
up  bravely  to  its  support,  but 
after  fighting  for  twenty-five 
minutes  without  reinforcements, 
they  were  obliged  to  retire. 
With  spoons,  knives  and  bayo 
nets  in  lieu  of  spades  and  picks, 
the  troops  erected  temporary 
breastworks  about  five  hundred 
yards  from  the  enemy's  line. 
Aided  by  the  balance  of  the 
Sixth  Corps,  which  advanced 
along  the  right,  and  by  the  Sec 
ond  Corps,  which  came  up  on 
the  left,  by  dint  of  hard  fight 
ing  the  position  was  held  and 
more  firmly  entrenched.  Here 
the  regiment  remained  until  relieved.  The  Sixth  Corps  main 
tained  this  line  during  the  entire  twelve  days  that  the  posi 
tion  was  assailed. 

During  the  charge  across  the  open  field,  under  the  terrific 
artillery  and  infantry  fire  of  the  enemy,  and  the  close  fighting 
before  the  enemy's  works,  without  reenforcements,  the  regi 
ment  lost  eight  officers  and  one  hundred  and  eighty-one  enlisted 
men,  killed  and  wounded,  and  five  men  captured.  Captain 
Henry  Marchant,  Lieutenants  James  Johnson,  John  Boyd  and 
James  G.  Williamson  and  seventy  men  were  killed,  and 
Captain  James  M.  Craig,  Lieutenants  Richard  A.  Griffiths, 


LEWIS  J.  SPEAKMAN, 
Co.  A. 


116 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


JOHN    R.  JOHNSTON, 
Lieutenant  Co.  C. 


Frank  Taylor  and    Frank  A.   Lynch    and   one    hundred  and 
twenty  men  were  wounded. 

While  the  army  lay  here  for  twelve  days  in  the  entrenched 
lines,  the  men  had  to  hug  the  works,  as  the  fire  was  close  and 

active.  On  the  3d,  Lt  -Col. 
Wallace  and  ten  men  were 
wounded,  and  three  were  killed. 
That  evening  one  company 
was  detailed  to  advance  about 
ten  yards  and  dig  rifle  pits ; 
this  was  done  under  a  severe 
fire,  the  company  successfully 
throwing  up  a  safe  cover  where 
they  remained  until  the  morn 
ing  of  the  5th,  when  relieved. 

At  three  o'clock  that  morn 
ing  the  regiment  was  recalled 
from  the  frontline  and  ordered 
to  a  position  on  the  second 
line,  being  continually  under  a 
brisk  fire  until  8.  P.  M.,  when 
ordered  back  to  the  third  line,  where  the  men,  for  the  first  time 
in  five  days,  had  a  chance  to  cook  supper  and  get  a  good 
night's  rest.  On  the  yth  the  Twenty-third  was  detailed  to  dig 
a  covered  way  to  the  front,  and  on  the  8th  it  again  went  into 
the  trenches  on  the  front  line,  where  it  remained  under  a  heavy 
fire  until  the  night  of  the  Qth,  when  sent  back  to  the  second 
line.  On  the  night  of  the  i2th,  the  attempt  to  break  through 
the  enemy's  line  having  been  abandoned,  the  army  withdrew. 
The  loss  in  the  trenches  was  20  killed  and  wounded.  Losses 
at  Cold  Harbor — Union,  killed,  wounded  and  missing,  10,088. 
Confederates'  loss  unknown,  probably  5,000. 

Marching  and  counter-marching,  holding  line  of  battle  by 
day  and  entrenching  by  night,  the  regiment  finally  reached  the 
James  River.  On  the  i6th,  halting  on  the  farm  of  ex-President 
Tyler,  they  embarked  on  the  Transport  "Cauliflower"  for  Ber 
muda  Hundred,  and  immediately  proceeded  to  the  right  of 
Gen.  Butler's  Headquarters,  and  were  immediately  ordered  to 
the  battle  line.  Crossing  the  Appomattox  on  the  ipth,  the 
regiment  was  marched  and  formed  in  front  of  Petersburg 
under  a  heavy  artillery  fire. 


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117 


This  old  Virginia  town  was  destined  to  remain  under  siege 
from  then  until  its  fall,  on  April  2,  1865.  A  line  of  old  breast 
works  that  the  British  had  thrown  up  during  the  Revolutionary 
War  was  found  ;  above  the  mouth  of  the  Appomattox  was 
once  the  home  of  Powhattan.  This  we  did  not  get  a  chance  to 
see,  as  "Johnny  Reb  "  blocked  the  way.  In  the  afternoon  an 
attempt  was  made  to  advance  the  lines  in  the  face  of  a  severe 
fire  ;  loss,  fifteen  men  wounded.  The  regiment  next  went  on 
the  skirmish  line,  right  resting  on  the  Appomattox,  where  it 
remained  until  the  night  of  the  2Oth.  Loss,  one  killed  and 
seven  wounded. 

On  the  2ist  the  Sixth  Corps  was  relieved  by  the  Eigh 
teenth  Corps  and  moved  to  the  extreme  left  of  the  line,  about 
four  miles  southeast  of  Petersburg,  where  it  formed  on  the  left 
of  the  Second  Corps,  advancing  about  four  hundred  yards  in 
the  face  of  a  hard  skirmishing  fire.  They  halted  and  threw  up 
breastworks,  and  on  the  next  day  pushed  through  the  woods  and 

thick  underbush,  meeting  with  strong  resistance.     Again  they 

threw  up  breastworks,  front  and  rear,  making  the  position  secure. 

On    the    29th    the   regiment  marched   out  the  Jerusalem 

Plank    Road  and  was  placed 

on  picket  near  Reams'  Station, 

on  the  Weldon  Railroad.    The 

next  day    they    drove   in    the 

enemy's  skirmishers   through 

the  woods,  returning  to  their 

place  in  the  brigade,  the  Third 

Brigade,  First  Division,  Col 
onel  Oliver  Edwards,  com 
manding,  and  were  employed 

on  July  ist  in   destroying  the 

railroad     and     throwing     up 

breastworks.    On  the  2nd  they 

left  bivouac,  on  the  Jerusalem 

Plank    Road,    and     returned 

with  the  brigade  to    their  old 

position    on   the    left   of    the 

army,  in  front  of   Petersburg.     Loss,  thirteen  men  wounded. 

These  advances  by  the  left  were  giving  Lee  considerable  trouble 

and  anxiety,  and  to  divert  attention  from  that  direction,  and,  if 

possible,  compel  Grant  to  relinquish  his  hold  along  the  lines 


GEORGE   P.  MITCHELL, 
Sergt.  Co.  D.  and  Lieut.  Sad  P.  V. 


118 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


at  Petersburg  and  Richmond  and  change  the  campaign  nearer 
to  the  front  at  Washington,  General  Jubal  Early's  Corps  was 
detached  from  Lee's  Army,  and,  with  additional  troops  and 
cavalry  under  Rosser,  threatened  the  Capitol  at  Washington. 
This  had  been  the  tactics  of  the  commander  of  the  Army  of 
Northern  Virginia  in  1862,  and  again  in  1863,  having  for  its 
object  the  tw.o-fold  purpose  of  gathering  the  rich  harvest  in 
the  Shenandoah  Valley  and  the  withdrawal  of  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac  from  in  front  of  Richmond  to  the  vicinity  of  Washing 
ton.  This  resulted  in  1862  in  the  Battles  of  South  Mountain  and 
Antietam,  and  in  1863  in  that  of  Gettysburg  ;  but  General  Grant 
was  now  in  command  of  the  army,  and  the  authorities  at  Wash 
ington  would  not  allow  him  to 
be  interfered  with,  so  when  he 
learned  from  his  scouts  that 
the  movement  down  the  valley 
which  threatened  Washington 
and  the  invasion  of  the  North 
was  by  Early's  Corps,  he  de 
tached  the  Sixth  Corps,  now 
under  General  Horatio  G.Wright 
— its  old  commander,  General 
John  Sedgwick,  having  been 
killed  in  the  Wilderness — to  meet 
the  threatened  attack.  The  regi 
ment  marched  with  the  corps  to 
City  Point,  taking  the  transport 
"  Eastern  States."  After  a  pleas 
ant  sail  down  the  James,  passing 
many  of  the  old  colonial  estates,  up  the  Chesapeake  Bay,  and 
thence  along  the  Potomac  to  Washington,  the  troops  disem 
barked  at  the  Arsenal  wharf  about  noon  of  July  i2th,  and 
marched  immediately  to  Fort  Stevens.  The  corps  arrived  just 
in  the  nick  of  time. 

The  Third  Division,  under  General  Ricketts,  which  had 
preceded  the  other  two  divisions  of  the  corps,  arrived  in  Balti 
more  a  few  days  before,  and,  embarking  on  cars,  was  run  out 
to  the  Monocacy,  where,  with  troops  under  General  Lew  Wal 
lace,  in  all  numbering  8000  men,  they  held  General  Jubal 
Early  up  for  a  day  by  a  most  determined  resistance,  thus  giving 
an  opportunity  for  the  other  divisions  of  the  corps  to  reach 


LIEUT.-COL.  CHARLES  WILHELM. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


119 


Washington  before  Early  arrived  there.  This  determined 
action  of  General  Wallace  no  doubt  was  the  means  of  so 
crippling  Early  that  he  was  unable  to  reach  the  vicinity  of 
Washington  before  the  arrival  of  troops  destined  for  its 
defence. 

The  Second  Division,  in  command  of  General  George 
W.  Getty ;  the  First  Brigade,  General  Frank  Wheaton,  and 
the  Third  Brigade,  Colonel  Daniel  D.  Bidwell,  disembarked  at 
Washington  at  noon  of  the  iith,  and  was  marching  under 
instructions  out  Pennsylvania  avenue  in  the  direction  of  the 
Chain  Bridge  when  they  were  met  by  Colonel  Taylor,  Chief  of 
Staff,  Department  of  Washington,  with  the  information  that 
the  enemy  was  driving  in  our 
picket  line  and  seriously  threat 
ening  Fort  Stevens,  on  the 
Seventh  Street  Road.  The 
march  was  directed  up 
Eleventh  street  to  Fort  Stev 
ens,  meeting  en  route  General 
H.  G.  Wright,  the  corps  com 
mander,  who  gave  verbal  in 
structions  to  mass  the  column 
near  Crystal  Springs,  where 
they  arrived  at  4  P.  M.  One 
hour  afterwards  the  forces  out 
side  of  Fort  Stevens,  con 
sisting  of  the  Veteran  Reserve 
Corps, W^ar  Department  Clerks 
and  citizen  volunteers  were 
driven  in  toward  the  fort  by 

a  portion  of  Early's  forces.  The  Ninety-eighth,  One  Hundred 
and  Second  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-ninth  Pennsylvania 
were  deployed  as  skirmishers,  and  soon  drove  the  enemy  back 
to  his  main  line.  Skirmishing  continued  during  the  night  and 
the  following  day.  The  next  day,  July  i2th,  the  First  and 
Second  Divisions  of  the  corps  arrived  on  the  field,  and  about 
6  P.  M.  the  lines  were  charged  by  the  First  and  Third  Brigades 
of  the  Second  Division— under  command  of  General  Wheaton 
during  the  temporary  absence  of  General  Getty — composed  of 
the  Ninety-eighth,  the  One  Hundred  and  Second,  the  Ninety- 
third,  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  ;  the  Seventh  Maine  ;  the  Forty- 


\YM.  R.  LITTLE, 
Sergeant  Co.  C. 


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HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


third,  Forty-ninth,  Sixty-second,  Seventy -seventh,  and  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-second  New  York,  and  some  eighty  of 
the  Vermont  Brigade  on  the  skirmish  line.  Early  was  driven 
from  his  advanced  position  on  two  strong  wooded  hills,  which 

our  troops  occupied  during  the 
night.  The  dawn  of  the  next 
morning  revealed  the  fact  that 

Jf^  he  had  fallen  back.  Thus  ended 

f     ^JIB  t^ie  attemPt  to  capture  Wash 

ington,  and  Early  started  on  his 
way  back  home.  Prior  to  this 
charge  the  Twenty-third,  with 

^jMj^^^&j^  the  balance  of  the  brigade,  upon 

arriving  at  the  front,  was  de 
tailed,  with  the  Thirty-seventh 
Massachusetts,  to  support  the 
skirmish  line  engaging  Early. 
During  this  short  campaign 
they  were  again  following  the 
roads  they  had  tramped  over  in 
the  beginning  of  our  service, 
in  1 86 1,  but  were  not  afforded  a  chance  to  visit  any  of  the  old 
camps  or  the  forts  for  the  construction  of  which  they  were  prom 
ised  twenty-five  cents  additional  per  day.  This  extra  remune 
ration,  however,  failed  to  materialize.  On  the  march  along 
Four  and  a  Half  and  Seventh  streets,  the  citizens  heartily 
cheered  the  troops,  feeling  very  much  rejoiced  that  the 
Sixth  Corps  had  arrived,  and  many  expressed  themselves  as 
assured  that  Washington  was  safe.  While  the  people  were 
cheering  on  the  troops,  the  flankers  were  kept  busy  taking  in 
all  kinds  of  forage.  The  corps  followed  Early  without  any 
decided  results,  our  brigade  being  rear  guard  to  the  wagon 
trains.  Our  regiment  camped  at  Offut's  Cross  Roads  ;  passing 
through  Poolsville,  they  forded  the  Potomac  at  White's  Ford, 
and,  after  a  skirmish,  were  ordered  on  the  picket  line  a  few 
miles  from  Leesburg,  where  they  remained  until  the  8th,  rejoin 
ing  the  division  at  Clark's  Gap,  from  whence  they  crossed  the 
mountains,  via  Snicker's  Gap,  taking  position  near  the  Shenan- 
doah  River,  where  they  found  the  enemy  encamped  on  the  op 
posite  banks.  The  Twenty-third  was  on  picket  with  the 
brigade  from  the  i8th  to  the  2oth,  when,  with  the  corps,  it 


JOHN   BARCLAY   FASSITT, 
Captain  Co.  F. 


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forded  the  Shenandoah  River,  and  pushed  out  to  the  Win 
chester  Pike,  near  Berryville.  Loss  was  several  men 
wounded. 

At  this  juncture  the  corps  was  ordered  back  to  the  lines 
at  Petersburg,  under  the  supposition  that  Early  was  trying  to 
rejoin  Lee  at  Richmond.  The  return  to  Washington  began  on 
the  2oth,  and  on  the  2ist  they  camped  at  Goose  Creek,  then 
proceeded  through  Peach  Grove  and  Drainsville,  recrossing 
the  Potomac  at  Chain  Bridge,  bivouacking  near  Tennlytown,  in 
the  rear  of  Fort  Gaines,  and  awaited  transports  to  Petersburg. 
Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the  "Johnnies"  failed  to  capture 
Washington,  the  Sixth  Corps  literally  performed  that  service 
when  the  boys  were  paid  off,  causing  the  provost  guard  to 
work  overtime  that  night.  Next  day,  orders  were  issued  to 
change  headquarters  to  Rockville,  so  the  Corps  was  marched 
away  from  the  city. 

General  Early,  who  remained  in  the  Valley,  soon  turned 
upon  General  Crook,  who  had  been  left  in  command  of  a 
small  force,  and  drove  him  precipitately  into  Maryland,  and  the 
Sixth  Corps  was  immediately  ordered  again  to  push  forward 
and  meet  Early.  On  the  28th 
the  regiment  passing  through 
Rockville,  Hyattstown,  and  Jef 
ferson,  forded  the  Monocacy 
and  arrived  at  Harper's  Ferry 
on  the  2Qth,  the  same  day  upon 
which  the  rebel  cavalry  under 
General  McCausland  destroyed 
Chambersburg.  Here  the  forces 
under  Crook  and  Hunter,  who 
had  been  driven  over  the  moun 
tains  by  a  long  detour,  were 
joined  together.  The  regiment 
crossed  the  Potomac  on  the  pon 
toon  bridge  and  marched  to 
Halltown  ;  and  on  the  following 
day  they  recrossed  the  river  and 
proceeded  to  Petersville,  continuing  the  march  to  Frederick, 
memorable  as  the  place  where  tradition  and  Boker's  poem 
located  "  Barbara  Fritchie,"  who,  when  Stonewall  Jackson's 
troops  marched  through  the  town  on  the  Antietam  Campaign, 


JOSEPH    H.  WHITE, 
Sergeant  Co.  C. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


WM.  R.  ROE, 
Corporal  Co.  G. 


is  credited  with  waving  the  American  flag  from  out  her  win 
dow,  and  defying  the  rebels  to  shoot  her. 

During  this  July  campaign  the  corps  had  marched  239 
miles.  While  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley  several  of  the  men 

volunteered  and  were  detached 
and  assigned  to  what  was 
known  as  Blaser's  Scouts,  and 
were  afterwards  reported  as 
proving  very  proficient  in  that 
line  of  work. 

On  August  yth  the  Twenty- 
third,  with  the  division  again 
crossed  the  Potomac,  passing 
through  Halltowrn,  Berryville 
and  Winchester.  The  posses 
sion  and  control  of  this  latter 
town  alternated  sixty-two  times 
between  the  North  and  South 
during  the  progress  of  the  war, 
several  sharp  engagements 
being  fought  within  its  streets  and  surroundings  ;  it  was  a 
colonial  settlement  on  the  National  Pike — one  of  the  stopping 
places  in  the  early  days  of  the  country  for  travellers  coming 
from  the  South  ;  being  originally  settled  by  the  Scotch  and 
Quakers  from  Pennsylvania. 

General  Sheridan  was  now7  in  command  of  the  troops  in 
the  Shenandoah  Valley,  and  soon  was  to  be  fought  the  last 
contest  at  Winchester — otherwise  known  as  the  battle  of  Ope- 
quan.  This  engagement  finally  eliminated  the  Confederates 
from  the  quaint  old  town. 

The  Twenty-third  took  up  the  line  of  march  through 
Kernstown,  Middletown  and  Cedar  Creek,  at  which  latter  place 
it  remained  until  the  lyth,  in  the  meantime  skirmishing  with 
the  enemy  or  throwing  up  breastworks.  On  that  date  another 
retrograde  movement  began,which  continued  until  they  reached 
Charlestown,  memorable  as  the  place  in  which  John  Brown 
was  tried  and  executed  for  his  attempt  to  liberate  the  slaves 
prior  to  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war. 

At  this  place  the  picket  line  was  attacked  and  driven  in 
with  a  loss  of  5  men  wounded,  but  finally  the  line  was  restored 
and  the  position  maintained.  While  in  line  of  battle,  supporting 


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123 


the  Eighth  Corps,  between  Halltown  and  Harper's  Ferry,  the 
regiment  was  relieved  from  the  front  and  marched  to  Bolivar, 
their  term  of  service  having  expired.  The  men  were  drawn  up  in 
two  columns,  one  composing  those  whose  term  of  service  had 
expired,  and  the  other,  the  veterans  and  recruits  who  were  to 
complete  their  enlistments.  After  a  farewell  speech  by  Colonel 
Glenn  and  good-byes  from  their  comrades  with  whom  they  had 
tramped  the  roads  for  three  years,  and  with  an  exchange  of  hear 
ty  cheers,  they  embarked  on  the  cars  for  home.  Subsequently 
the  veterans  and  recruits  were  consolidated  into  three  companies 
and  attached  to  the  One  Hundred  and  Nineteenth  Pennsyl 
vania  as  a  battalion,  under  the  command  of  Major  William 
Clark,  with  which  command  they  remained  until  September  8, 
when  consolidated  with  the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania  attach 
ed  to  our  old  brigade,  continuing  in  this  capacity  until  Appo- 
mattox,  previous  to  which  they  participated  in  the  action  at 
Opequan  (or  Winchester),  September  19,  1864  ;  Dabney's 
Mills,  Fort  Fisher,  near  Petersburg;  the  breaking  of  the  lines  at 
Petersburg  on  April  2,  1865, 
Sailors'  Creek  and  Appomattox 
Court  House. 

After  the  surrender  of  Lee 
they  were  detailed  with  the  Sixth 
Corps  to  Danville,  to  help  do  up 
Johnson.  General  Sherman  had, 
meanwhile,  performed  this 
service,  and  by  easy  stages  were 
marched  to  Washington,  too 
late,  however,  to  take  part  in  the 
grand  review.  Nevertheless,  the 
Sixth  Corps  had  a  review  to 
themselves,  and  was  finally 
mustered  out  July  13,  1865. 

Being  ordered  home  for 
muster  out  the  regiment  pro 
ceeded  to  Philadelphia,  and  on 

its  arrival  was  met  at  Broad  and  Prime  streets  (now  Washing 
ton  avenue)  by  a  committee  and  escorted  to  the  Cooper  Shop 
Refreshment  Rooms,  Prime  street  (now  Washington  avenue) 
and  Otsego  streets,  an  institution  supported  by  voluntary 
contributions  of  the  citizens  of  Philadelphia,  who  cared  for  all 


JOHN   BOVD, 
Co.  D. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


troops  passing  to  and  from  the  front  through  the  city  during 
the  continuance  of  the  war.  On  the  arrival  of  the  regiment  at 
the  Cooper  Shop  it  was  entertained  by  the  good  ladies  in 
charge,  and  afforded  a  substantial  meal.  This  institution  and 
the  Volunteer  Refreshment  Saloon,  which  adjoined  the  Cooper 
Shop,  all  Philadelphians  should  be  proud  of,  as  the  hospitality 
here  dispensed  gave  to  the  city  a  national  reputation  for 
patriotism  and  devotion  to  the  cause. 

As  the  boys  were  anxious  to  get  to  their  homes  they  were 
dismissed  until  2  P.  M.,  with  the  injunction  from  Colonel  Glenn 
that  he  desired  every  man  to  report  promptly  at  that  hour,  as 
the  volunteer  firemen  of  the  city  (from  whose  ranks  the  Twenty- 
third  was  originally  recruited), 
had  arranged  for  a  reception 
and  street  parade. 

At  that  time  the  regiment 
assembled,  and,  escorted  by 
the  Henry  Guards,  composed 
of  city  policemen  and  fourteen 
of  the  volunteer  fire  corn- 
pa  n  i  e  s  (Delaware  Engine, 
Good  Will  Hose,  Western 
Hose,  Perseverance  Hose,  As 
sistance  Engine,  Washington 
Hose,  Hope  Engine,  Moya- 
mensing  Hose,  Independence 
Engine  and  Shiftier  Hose)  and 
LIEUT.  FRANK  LYNCH,  co.  c.  three  ambulances  of  the  de- 

CAPT.  FRANK   TAYLOR,  Co.  I.  u    1  • 

partment  belonging  respec 
tively  to  the  Good  Will  Engine,  the  Franklin  Hose  and  the 
Assistance  Engine,  proceeded  along  the  line  of  march,  during 
which  they  received  the  plaudits  of  their  fellow-citizens,  who 
thus  evinced  their  appreciation  of  the  gallant  and  enviable 
record  the  Twenty-third  had  gained  during  its  long  term  of 
service. 

This  ambulance  system  was  another  of  the  benefactions  in 
the  interests  of  the  soldiers,  as  it  was  originally  projected  for 
the  purpose  of  assisting  in  the  relief  of  sick  and  wounded 
soldiers  arriving  in  the  city  and  removing  them.  This  service 
was  performed  all  through  the  war,  voluntarily,  and  was 
greatly  appreciated. 


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125 


The  procession  was  marshaled  by  Chief  Engineer  David 
M.  Lyle,  and  proceeded  over  the  following  route  :  Along 
Washington  avenue  to  Third,  to  South,  to  Twentieth,  to  Callow- 
hill,  to  Sixteenth,  to  Chestnut,  to  Fifth,  to  Vine,  to  Ninth,  to 
Race,  to  National  Guard's  Hall,  below  Sixth  street.  All  along 
the  route  at  the  street  corners  connected  with  the  various  com 
panies  hose  carriages  were  stationed,  and  as  the  Twenty-third 
passed  they  sprung  their  bells  as  the  citizens  applauded. 
Afterwards  the  regiment  was  tendered  a  reception  by  City 
Councils. 

The  Twenty-third  was  then  dismissed,  under  orders  to 
report  at  the  City  Armory,  Race  street,  below  Broad,  on  Sep 
tember  8,  1864,  at  which  date  it  was  finally  mustered  out  of 
service. 


"  DASH." 
Fire  Dog  of  23<i  P.  V 


126  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 

Reminiscences  in  tKe  Life  of  tKe 
Twenty- third    Pennsylvania  Volunteers 


CAMPS   GRAHAM    and  BIRNILY — 1861-1862 

WHILE  in  Camps  Graham  and  Birney  the  Twenty-third 
Regiment  had  a  band  of  thirty-six  pieces  and  drum 
corps  of  forty  five.  The  favorite  air  of  the  Regiment  was 
"  Rory  O'Moore,"  and  no  matter  how  long  the  band  played, 
the  demand  for  their  favorite  air  would  continue  until  it  was 
given.  Both  leader  Herman  and  Drum  Major  Landenberg 
were  favorites  with  the  men.  My,  what  a  contract  the  drum 
major  had  in  controlling  his  boys  ! 

Nearly  his  entire  time  was  occupied  in  looking  after  them. 
They  were  the  most  mischievous  lot  of  youngsters  possible  to 
get  together,  and  when  the  order  for  the  reduction  of  the 
bands  was  issued  in  1862,  the  band  of  the  Twenty-third  was 
mustered  out.  While  connected  with  the  regiment,  the  band 
was  not  only  useful  in  parade  and  entertaining  in  camp,  but 
was  also  of  great  service  in  caring  for  the  wounded  on  the 
field. 

William  H.  Albertson,  Company  A,  had  the  honor  of 
wearing  the  first  Zouave  uniform  of  the  Twenty-third  regi 
ment.  He  was  given  an  order  to  call  at  Second  and  Dock 
streets  and  was  soon  fitted,  the  tailor  telling  him  it  was  the  first 
(or  sample)  suit  made.  After  donning  it  he,  in  company  with 
one  of  the  vivandieres  of  the  regiment,  full  of  pride,  passed  up 
Chestnut  street  on  the  way  to  the  recruiting  station  at  Ninth 
and  Arch  streets. 

The  first  arms  issued  to  the  regiment  was  the  Harper's 
Ferry  muskets,  which  had  been  altered  into  a  rifle.  They  were 
most  miserable  weapons,  were  in  bad  condition,  and  proved 
to  be  the  hardest  kind  of  kickers.  It  was  the  best  the  govern 
ment  could  do  ;  all  the  best  guns  were  in  the  hands  of  the 
rebels,  because  before  the  war  broke  out  all  munitions  of  war 
had  been  shipped  to  Southern  arsenals,  so  that  "  Uncle  Sam" 
had  to  take  what  was  left.  However,  by  purchasing  arms 
abroad  and  inducing  factories  to  work  night  and  day,  the  army 


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127 


was  soon  equipped  with  the  most  improved  arms.  The  Twenty- 
third  exchanged  the  Harper's  Ferry  implements  for  the  Aus 
trian  rifles,  which  were  issued  to  us  in  the  rough.  With  a 
little  filing,  however,  they  were  put  in  good  condition. 

Like  all  pieces  at  that  time,     , , 

they  were  muzzle  loaders,  but 
were  most  efficient  firearms. 
The  wrriter  fired  out  of  his 
piece  at  Malvern  Hill  over 
sixty  rounds  without  the  least 
trouble. 


JAMES  MASLAND, 
Sergeant  Co.  F. 


The  pay  of  the  private 
soldier  in  1 86 1  was  eleven  dol 
lars  per  month.  This  was  paid 
in  specie,  but  as  the  war  pro 
gressed  and  the  premium  on 
gold  rose  higher,  the  pay  was 
raised  to  thirteen  dollars,  and 
later  to  sixteen  dollars  per 
month,  in  greenbacks.  The 
writer  remembers  that  his  first  pay  was  nineteen  dollars  and 
some  cents.  When  he  had  counted  his  money  he  found  that 
he  was  two  dollars  and  forty-nine  cents  short,  and  it  was  some 
time  before  he  could  account  for  the  deficiency.  Finally  he 
found  the  paymaster  had  given  him  one  of  the  new  issue  of 
pennies  instead  of  a  two-and-a-half  dollar  gold  piece.  The 
paymaster's  attention  was  called  to  the  error  ;  but,  of  course, 
as  he  never  made  mistakes,  it  had  to  go  at  that. 

Joseph  McKinney,  who  had  two  brothers  in  the  service 
consented  to  stay  home  and  help  the  old  folks.  A  few  days 
after  the  Twenty-third  went  to  Washington,  he  took  a  run 
down  to  see  the  boys.  One  of  the  members  of  Company  E 
being  home-sick,  the  boys  got  at  Joe  to  take  his  place.  This, 
he  thought,  was  an  opportunity  to  get  into  the  service,  as  he 
felt  that  his  father,  when  he  learned  the  circumstances,  would 
commend  him  for  it.  So  Wilson,  the  invalid,  was  discharged, 
Joe  was  mustered  in,  and  then  given  two  weeks'  leave.  On 
arriving  home  and  explaining  how  he  came  to  enlist,  he  received 
his  father's  blessings  for  doing  such  an  honorable  act. 


128  HISTORY  OF  THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


PENINSULA   CAMPAIGN 


WarwicK      Coxirt      Hoxise — "YorKtown — Williams- 
bvirg— Fair  OaKs— Seven  Days'  Fi&Ht— 1862 

William  H.  Albertson,  Company  A,  23d  Pennsylvania, 
and  Regimental  Quartermaster  Sergeant,  mentions  that  one 
of  the  bravest  acts  he  witnessed  during  the  service,  was  that 
of  Albert  B.  Barry,  Company  A.  When  the  lines  were  entering 
the  fortifications  at  Yorktown,  Sergeant  Caldwell,  who  was 
marching  ahead  of  Barry,  stepped  on  a  buried  shell,  and  imme 
diately  the  fuse  began  to  emit  smoke.  Barry,  as  cool  as  if  in 
no  danger,  grabbed  his  canteen,  which  was  full  of  water,  and 
emptied  it  over  the  shell,  putting  it  out,  at  the  same  time  call 
ing  to  his  comrades,  "Men,  look  out;  it's  a  torpedo!" 
Albertson  also  recalls  that  on  the  day  in  June,  1862, 
when  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  was  supporting  a 
brigade  of  the  Second  Corps  on  the  picket  line  in  front  of 
Richmond,  during  the  skirmish  a  lieutenant  of  one  of  the  regi 
ments  came  tottering  in  with  his  hand  on  his  chest  and  fell  ex 
hausted  at  his  feet.  Upon  passing  his  hand  under  him, 
Albertson  found  the  lieutenant's  hand  full  of  silver,  and  em 
bedded  in  the  silver  was  a  flattened  rifle  ball.  The  only  injury 
done  him  was  a  torn  vest  pocket  and  a  large  red  spot  caused 
by  the  force  of  the  blow.  When  the  lieutenant  recovered  from 
the  shock  he  explained  that  a  few  days  before  he  had  gone  to  a 
nearby  farmhouse  for  a  square  meal  and  tendered  a  ten-dollar 
greenback  in  payment,  receiving  his  change  in  silver.  He 
placed  the  latter  in  his  vest  pocket,  which  lucky  circumstance 
was  probably  the  means  of  saving  his  life.  Another  incident  re 
lated  by  the  Quartermaster  Sergeant  is  as  follows  :  One  night 
while  on  picket  at  Warwick,  a  Confederate  officer  came  down 
near  the  creek  swinging  a  lantern  right  and  left,  thus  affording 
a  good  target.  One  of  the  men,  John  McGraw,  was  about  to 
shoot,  when  Albertson  grasped  his  rifle  barrel,  and  at  the  same 
time  whispered  :  "  Don't  fire,  Jack  ;  it  looks  like  murder  to 
shoot  him."  No  doubt  the  "  Johnnie  "  owes  his  life  to  this  act. 

When  the  Twenty-third   Pennsylvania    was    on  duty   at 
Warwick  Court    House,    Bill   Hemphill,    Mike    Kennedy  and 


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129 


Johnnie  Kelly  were  on  safety  guard  at  a  little  farmhouse  in  the 
vicinity.  After  assuring  the  people  at  the  house  that  their  pos 
sessions  were  perfectly  safe — rations  being  very  scarce  at  this 
time — they  began  figuring  how  to  have  a  chicken  stew  with 
out  being  guilty  of  taking  the  chicken.  While  they  were  de 
liberating,  Andy  White,  one  of  the  fifers  of  Company  F, 
came  out  to  the  post,  so  they  took  Andy  around  the  place  and 
showed  him  the  fowls,  meanwhile  instructing  him  how  to  run 
the  guards.  While  trying  to  explain  these  details  they  were 
surprised  by  the  old  lady  of  the  place  putting  in  an  appearance 
and  accusing  Andy  of  having  been  there  the  day  before,  and 
declared  that  he  then  cut  off  the  head  of  her  favorite  rooster. 
Of  course,  that  settled  the 
little  ruse.  The  guards  drove 
"  Whitey  "  off  the  place,  and 
no  chicken  tickled  the  palates 
of  the  squad  that  day — all  on 
account  of  the  "  stuffy  little 
drummer,"  as  the  old  lady 
called  Andy. 


GEORGE   WOOD, 
.    Captain  Co.  E. 


In  the  action  at  Fair  Oaks, 
when  the  men  of  the  Twenty- 
third  were  ordered  back  from 
the  first  charge  to  reform  line, 
on  the  wagon  road  that  ran 
through  the  woods,  one  of  the 
boys,  seeing  the  colors  lying 
on  the  ground  brought  them 
safely  into  the  line,  carrying  his  gun  in  one  hand  and  the  flag 
in  the  other.  As  he  reached  the  line  he  turned  the  colors  over 
to  one  of  the  sergeants.  Lieutenant  Marchant,  who  commanded 
his  company,  arid  who  witnessed  the  delivery  of  the  colors  to 
the  sergeant  inquired  why  he  had  done  so.  "  Well,  you 
taught  me  to  hold  onto  my  gun  under  all  circumstances, 
and  as  I  could  not  carry  both,  I  gave  the  colors  to  the  ser 
geant."  The  lieutenant  replied,  somewhat  sternly,  "  Darn  the 
gun!  why 'didn't  you  throw  it  away  ?  You  saved  the  colors 
and  should  have  had  all  the  honors." 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


One  night  while  on  picket  in  the  woods  at  Warwick 
Creek,  the  grand  rounds  found  one  of  the  men,  Johnnie  Con 
nelly  of  F  Company,  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  missing  from 
his  post.  All  during  the  night  there  could  be  heard  a  faint 
call,  which  appeared  to  come  from  the  woods,  but  no  one 

knew  exactly  where  to  locate 
it.  At  daylight  search  was 
made  for  the  missing  picket, 
when  it  was  found  that  he  had 
fallen  into  an  abandoned  well. 
Having  no  ropes  at  hand,  it 
was  found  quite  a  job  to  get 
him  out,  but  with  the  aid  of  a 
twisted  blanket  and  a  number 
of  suspenders,  be  was  finally 
reached  and  hoisted  to  terra 
firma.  When  Dr.  Roller  ex 
amined  him,  he  found  Con 
nelly  to  be  uninjured  except 
from  shock,  and  he  continued 

JOSEPH  STOKLEY,  in  the  service  until  the  mus- 

Co-  G"  ter  out. 


The  second  night  after  the  battle  of  Fair  Oaks,  Johnnie 
Kelly  and  Jake  Lewis,  of  F  Company,  passed  over  our 
picket  line  and  got  into  the  camp  outside  of  our  line,  reach 
ing  the  line  of  tents  of  the  field  and  staff.  Kelly  appropriated 
an  officer's  overcoat,  blanket  and  haversack,  and  Lewis  pos 
sessed  himself  of  a  well-loaded  haversack.  Together  they 
quietly  crawled  back  through  the  line.  When  Kelly  reached  the 
company  street  he  donned  the  officer's  coat  and  then  began 
strutting  around,  affecting  all  the  airs  possible.  Suddenly,  on 
making  a  search  of  the  coat  pockets,  a  sash  and  small  red 
cap  were  discovered.  Kelly  then  for  the  first  time  realized  that 
he  had  possession  of  "  Bucky  "  Neill's  coat.  How  to  restore 
it  without  being  detected  and  punished  for  venturing  outside 
the  lines  was  a  question.  But,  as  he'desired  the  old  man  to  get 
his  coat,  the  night  being  somewhat  chilly,  Kelly  determined 
to  face  the  music.  Accordingly  he  approached  the  colonel, 
saluted,  and  handed  him  the  coat.  The  colonel  asked  Kelly 
how  he  got  the  coat,  and  when  he  told  the  circumstances  he 


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gave  Kelly  all  that  was  coming  to  him  for  his  dereliction  in 
going  beyond  the  picket  line.  The  colonel  then  turned  on  his 
heel  and  walked  away.  Kelly,  feeling  keenly  the  call-down, 
was  on  his  way  back  to  where  a  squad  of  the  boys  were  en 
joying  his  discomforture,  when  "  Bucky  "  called  out  "  F  come 
back  !  "  Then,  pulling  out  his  manifold,  he  wrote  something 
on  a  piece  of  paper,  handed  it  to  Kelly,  and  told  him  never  to 
have  occasion  to  be  reprimanded  again.  Kelly,  upon  reading 
the  missive  by  the  light  at  the  fire,  found  it  was  an  order  for  a 
canteen  of  "commissary."  This  put  the  " judge "  again  in 
his  element  and  the  laugh  was  on  the  boys.  Such  was 
Bucky's  way. 

The  first  year  of  the  war  was  very  trying  to  the  men  of 
the  Twenty-third  regiment  as  it  took  more  than  the  regular 
clothing  allowance  to  pay  for  their  uniforms.  Within  a  year 
they  were  compelled  to  purchase  three  distinct  suits.  The 
first  was  a  Zouave  uniform, 
which  wore  out  in  six  months  ; 
next  a  dark  blue  uniform,  with 
dress  coat,  dog  collar  and  epau 
lettes,  and  finally  blouse  and 
blue  pants.  So  at  the  end  of 
the  year  from  $8  to  $15  were 
deducted  from  the  accounts  of 
those  who  had  overdrawn  their 
clothing  allowance.  One  of  the 
company's  books  was  lost  in 
action,  and,  a  few  days  after  the 
fight,  while  Lieutenant  Mar- 
chant  was  having  the  pay  rolls 
made  out,  a  "coffee-cooler" 
who  could  never  be  got  under 
fire,  appeared  with  the  book 
under  his  arm.  He  claimed  that  while  prowling  over  the 
battlefield  he  found  it.  The  boys  therefore  had  to  go  short  on 
that  month's  pay,  as  it  was  the  settlement  for  the  year,  and 
the  "  Coffee  Cooler  "  in  consequence  did  police  duty  for  a 
long  time. 


HENRY   G    FRITSCH, 
Captain  Co.  B. 


132  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


Twenty-tHird  Pennsylvania  at  Fair  OaKs 


By  Jimmy  SmitK,   Co.   H.,   23d  P.   V. 

You  soldiers  all,  both  great  and  small,  you  heroes  and  you  braves, 

Artillerymen  and  cavalry,  likewise  all  you  Zouaves  ; 

I  pray  your  attention,  and  hear  what  I  do  say, 

And  you'll  hear  how  the  Twenty-third  behaved  on  the  3ist  of  May. 

About  noon  on  Saturday  the  rebels  hove  in  sight, 

Their  courage  raised  by  whiskey,  they  thought  to  show  us  fight, 

They  thought  by  superior  numbers  to  make  us  run  away, 

But  you'll  hear  how  they  were  mistaken  on  the  3ist  of  May. 

They  first  drove  in  our  pickets  and  thought  it  a  great  feat, 

Saying  now  the  day's  our  own,  we've  got  the  Yankees  beat  ; 

But  they  soon  found  out  that  fighting  was  a  game  that  two  could  play 

And  the  rebels  did  the  running  on  the  3ist  of  May. 

They  drove  back  Casey's  division  and  thought  the  day  their  own, 

But  the  T\venty-third  was  ahead  of  them  just  like  a  wall  of  stone  ; 

They  tried  very  hard  to  drive  us,  but  had  to  let  us  stay, 

For  we  would  not  yield,  nor  leave  the  field,  on  the  Thirty-first  of  May. 

The  Twenty-third  was  drawn  up  in  line  and  ready  for  the  strife, 

Each  man  for  his  country — would  freely  give  his  life  ; 

The  first  volley  that  they  gave  us,  our  flag  was  shot  away, 

Then  fell  the  gallant  Bolton  on  the  Thirty-first  of  May. 

We  gave  them  plenty  Union  pills,  when  our  gallant  Colonel  Neill, 

Said:  "Forward  now  my  hearts  of  oak,  and  give  them  the  cold  steel  ;  " 

The  Twenty-third  dashed  boldly  in — the  rebels  ran  away, 

And  in  that  charge  brave  Ely  fell,  on  the  Thirty-first  of  May. 

Volley  after  volley  our  brave  boys  did  on  them  pour, 

Then,  Captains  Wallace  and  Palmer  fell  bleeding  in  their  gore  ; 

The  gallant  young  Lieutenant  Wood,  fell  at  his  post  that  day, 

As  many  did  in  the  Twenty-third  on  the  3ist  of  May. 

The  rebels  thought  to  draw  us  on,  showing  a  flag  of  truce, 

But  Colonel  Wilhelm  was  to  sharp,  he  soon  found  out  the  ruse  ; 

We  made  another  charge  on  them,  they  fled  in  wild  dismay, 

Then  gallant  Boggs  fell,  cheering  us,  on  the  3ist  of  May. 

Many  a  good  man  in  the  ranks  was  made  to  bite  the  dust, 

But  soon  we  filled  their  places,  for  we  knew  our  cause  was  just  ; 

When  the  rebels  met  the  Twenty-third,  their  general  he  did  say  : 

"  We  have  got  too  far  from  Richmond  on  the  3ist  of  May." 

Here  is  long  life  and  prosperity  to  our  gallant  Colonel  Neill, 

Likewise  to  all  our  officers,  their  hearts  are  true  as  steel  ; 

And  health  to  every  private,  that  stood  by  us  that  day, 

And  nobly  fought  for  his  country's  flag  on  the  3ist  of  May. 


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George  Peiper  of  B  Company,  Twenty -third  Pennsylvania, 
states  that  one  day  while  on  picket  along  Warwick  Creek, 
"  California  Joe,"  of  Berdan's  sharpshooters  came  to  the 
reserve  picket  and  wanted  to  know  if  they  needed  his  services. 
The  lieutenant  took  him  out  to  the  line  and  located  one  of 
the  "Johnnies"  who  had  been  very  troublesome,  he  having 
wounded  several  of  the  men.  In  a  few  minutes  Joe  fired  and 
brought  down  the  Reb.  On  his  way  back,  one  of  the  members 
of  Company  C  was  induced  to  hang  his  cap  three  hundred 
yards  away  in  a  tree  in  order  to  test  the  accuracy  of  Joe's  aim. 
When  the  cap  was  brought  in,  it  was  found  that  the  bullet  had 
struck  the  letter  "  C  "  squarely  in  the  centre.  Joe  was  a  most 
wonderful  shot  and  whenever 
he  was  around  the  "Johnnies" 
kept  well  under  cover. 

When  Colonel  Birney  was 
promoted  to  brigadier  general 
— the  War  Department,  having 
fixed  the  maximum  at  1000 
for  infantry  regiments — four 
companies  of  the  Twenty-third 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  L,  O, 
P,  and  R  were  transferred  to 
the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  In 
fantry.  Company  M  was  dis 
banded  and  the  men  transferred 
to  various  companies  of  the 
Twenty-third.  Not  knowing 
that  this  was  in  compliance  with  orders  from  the  War  Depart 
ment  the  men  were  very  indignant,  and  the  first  time  General 
Birney  visited  the  camp  to  pay  his  respects  to  Colonel  Neill — 
we  were  then  bivouacked  beyond  the  village  of  Hampton — 
instead  of  cheers  he  was  jeered  and  accused  of  having  sold 
the  regiment.  General  Birney  was  about  to  leave  the  camp 
when  Colonel  Neill  made  his  appearance,  and  the  boys 
soon  scattered.  Shortly  after  this  when  the  men  learned  of  the 
action  of  the  War  Department,  they  were  anxious  to  atone 
for  their  disrespect  to  General  Birney,  and  in  some  measure 
also  repay  the  debt  of  gratitude  due  him  for  his  kindness 
when  the  regiment  came  out  of  the  fight  at  Fair  Oaks  in 


NEAL   McFADDEN, 
Co.  C. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


giving  the  men  rations  from  his  commissary.  The  opportunity 
came  on  the  third  day  after  the  action,  while  the  regiment  was 
moving  up  on  the  banks  of  the  railroad.  General  Birney  and 
his  staff  came  riding  down  on  the  opposite  side.  As  soon 

as  the  men  saw  him,  they  began 
cheering,  and  wheeling  to  the 
front,  he  stood  with  his  hat  off, 
and  as  each  company  passed 
they  gave  him  rousing  cheers. 
No  doubt  he  was  pleased  to 
again  enjoy  the  good  will  of  his 
old  command.  Ever  afterwards 
when  he  visited  the  camp  Gen 
eral  Birney  was  given  an  ova 
tion  by  the  boys.  He  was  a 
kind  and  considerate  com 
mander,  a  most  distinguished 
and  brave  soldier,  and  one  of 
the  two  civilian  soldiers  that 
rose  to  the  command  of  an 
army  corps.  He  always  main 
tained  his  love  and  pride  for  his  first  command — the  Twenty- 
third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 


JAMES   COLWELL, 
Lieutenant  Co.  A. 


Fred.  Huber,  First  Sergeant  Company  F,  was  killed  at 
Fair  Oaks,  and  was  buried  where  he  fell.  A  few  weeks  after 
the  fight  his  father,  Dr.  Huber,  of  Gettysburg,  came  down  to 
take  his  remains  home.  Volunteers  went  out  and  disinterred 
the  body,  carrying  it  to  Savage  Station,  where  it  was  shipped 
North  and  buried  in  Evergreen  Cemetery  at  Gettysburg 
where  a  tombstone  was  placed  over  his  grave.  During  the 
battle  of  Gettysburg,  General  Hunt,  in  charge  of  the 
artillery,  in  stationing  the  batteries  in  the  Cemetery  ordered 
the  tombstones  to  be  laid  down.  As  a  young  sapling  grew  in 
front  of  Huber's  resting  place,  his  tombstone  was  left  standing 
and  it  was  the  only  tombstone  that  was  damaged  during  the 
artillery  duel.  The  family,  when  they  brought  his  body  to 
Gettysburg,  never  thought  a  battle  would  wage  all  round 
that  then  quiet  section,  but  such  is  War! 


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During  the  Seven  Days'  Fight  Sher  Smith,  of  H  Com 
pany,  was  on  picket  at  the  Crossing  of  White  Oak  Swamp. 
While  Porter's  siege  trains  were  passing  to  the  rear,  the  head 
of  the  wagon  train,  loaded  with  quartermaster's  supplies,  had 
reached  Smith's  post  and,  being  headed  for  Richmond,  he  halted 
it  and  reported  the  matter  to  Captain  Craig,  in  charge  of  the 
picket  The  latter  sent  Smith  to  Colonel  Neill,  then  in  charge 
of  the  brigade,  for  instructions.  While  standing  at  arms-a-port 
delivering  his  message,  the  quartermaster  of  the  train  came 
bustling  up  and  wanted  to  know  the  name  and  regiment  of 
the  officer  that  halted  his  train,  saying  that  he  always  took  a 
memorandum  of  just  such  smart  officers.  The  colonel  ordered 
Smith  to  come  to  order  arms  and  answer  the  quartermaster. 
He  replied  that  the  officer's  name  was  Lieutenant  James  M. 
Craig,  of  H  Company,  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania.  When 
"Bucky"  heard  the  Twenty-third  mentioned,  he  thundered 
out,  in  his  well-known  manner  :  "  That's  my  regiment,  sir ! 
and  these  men  were  doing  their  duty.  Go  back  to  your  train, 
pull  it  off  the  road,  and  park  it,  until  I  can  ascertain  from  Gen 
eral  Couch,  across  the  swamp, 
what  he  wants  done."  Smith 
returned  to  his  picket  post, 
and  when  the  quartermaster 
passed  him,  on  the  way  back 
to  the  wagon  train,  the  latter 
wanted  to  know  the  name  of 
the  general,  saying  that  he 
never  before  had  found  a  man 
so  full  of  bristles.  When  told 
that  he  wras  Colonel  of  the 
Twenty-third  regiment,  and 
acting  brigadier  general,  the 
quartermaster  volunteered  the 
remark  that  "  he  certainly  knew 
how  to  stand  up  for  his  own 
command." 


JACOB  H.  EVER, 
Captain  Co.  A. 


The  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  had  a  fire-dog  called 
"Dash";  he  seemed  to  know  all  the  boys  and  was  in  his 
element  when  under  fire.  At  Fair  Oaks  he  and  the  chap 
lain  were  captured,  but  during  the  night  both  got  back  to 


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HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


WM.  W.  MILFORD, 
Co.  H. 


the  lines.  "  Dash "  becoming  too  fat  to  keep  up  on  the 
march,  the  boys  took  turns  at  carrying  him.  He  was 
wounded,  honorably  discharged,  and  shipped  to  the  Delaware 
Engine  House,  where  he  belonged.  He  never  reached  there, 

however,  as  he  was  lost  on  the 
way  up  from  the  front. 

The  Twenty-third,  after  its 
night  march  to  reach  Malvern 
Hill,  was  bivouacked  at  the 
edge  of  the  woods,  awaiting 
the  coming  up  of  the  division. 
Soon  the  men  were  down  and 
asleep.  The  road  was  filled 
with  debris  from  the  battle  of 
Charles  City  Cross-Roads,  es 
pecially  broken  down  artillery 
and  stragglers.  The  latter 
passed  along  the  edge  of 
the  woods  to  keep  out  of  the 
dust  of  the  road,  and  a  guard 
was  stationed  on  each  flank  to  drive  them  back  to  the  road,  so 
that  they  would  not  disturb  the  men  who  were  asleep.  This 
kept  the  guards  busy ;  a  lieutenant  colonel  was  among  those 
halted  and  ordered  out  to  the  road.  He  at  once  asserted  his 
authority  of  rank  and  tried  to  push  forward.  "  Bucky,"  who 
had  kept  awake,  witnessed  the  occurrence,  and  thundered  out 
in  a  quick  succession  of  sentences  :  "  Who  are  you  ?  where  is 
your  regiment,  sir  ?  What  are  you  doing  here  ?  Sentry,  put 
him  out  on  the  road  !  "  And  as  the  sentry  jabbed  at  the 
lieutenant  colonel's  horse,  the  latter  suddenly  backed  out 
into  the  road.  Colonel  Neill  then  ordered  the  sentry  to  call 
the  corporal  of  the  guard.  The  corporal  reported  to  the  colo 
nel,  but  soon  came  back  with  orders  to  take  off  the  guards  and 
give  the  sentries  a  chance  to  sleep.  Such  was  the  consideration 
of  dear  old  "  Bucky  "  Neill  for  the  welfare  of  his  troops. 

At  Malvern  Hill  just  before  the  last  charge  of  the  "  John 
nies,"  Charles  W.  Hess,  drummer  of  H  Company,  Twenty-third 
Pennsylvania,  assisted  one  of  the  wounded  of  the  regiment 
from  the  field  to  the  hospital,  and  on  the  way  back  to  the 


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I'M 


lines  with  a  comrade  from  another  regiment,  it  became  so  dark 
that  they  could  not  locate  their  respective  regiments.  Finally, 
they  laid  down  among  the  dead  and  wounded,  and  at  daylight 
were  awakened  by  one  of  the  cavalry  going  through  the  dead 
men.  When  he  discovered 
they  were  alive,  he  informed 
them  that  the  army  had  pulled 
out  for  Harrison's  Landing, 
and  that  the  Reb's  skirmishers 
were  even  then  coming  out  of 
the  woods — a  quarter  of  a  mile 
away.  Hess'  companion  was 
so  completely  played  out  and 
broken  in  spirit  when  he  found 
the  army  had  departed,  that  no 
amount  of  coaxing  could  in 
duce  him  to  follow,  so  at  last 
Hess  suggested  that  they  play 
a  game  of  "  seven  up  "  to  de 
cide  what  course  they  should  ARCHIBALD  SMITH, 
take  ;  if  he  won,  they  were  to 

push  on  and  overtake  the  army  ;  if  he  lost,  he  could  stay  and 
be  captured.  Hess  won,  so  they  "  hiked  out  "  and  caught  the 
army  that  night  at  Harrison's  Landing. 

At  Harrison's  Landing  one  afternoon,  on  dress  parade, 
the  officers  were  called  to  the  front  and,  in  a  few  endearing 
words,  Colonel  Neill  presented  to  Second  Lieutenant  James  M. 
Craig  a  beautiful  sword,  which  the  members  of  his  company 
had  procured  for  him  at  Philadelphia.  This  brave,  modest 
and  unassuming  soldier  was  quite  embarrassed,  but  he 
managed  to  return  his  thanks.  It  was,  indeed,  a  pleasure  to 
all  the  regiment  to  see  this  mark  of  esteem  bestowed  upon 
him,  as  he  was  well-liked  by  everybody. 


138  HISTORY    OF  THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


SEVEN  DAYS'   FIGHT. 
By  Jimmy  Smith,  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 

Away  down  in  old  Virginia  not  many  months  ago, 
McClellan  made  a  movement,  and  he  made  it  very  slow. 
The  rebels  they  soon  found  it  out  and  pitched  into  our  rear, 
They  got  the  very  deuce,  for  they  found  old  Kearney  there. 

CHORUS. — In  the  old  Virginia  lowlands,  lowlands,  lowlands, 

In  the  old  Virginia  lowlands,  low. 
Again  at  Savage  Station  we  met  the  rebel  foe, 
That  General  Sumner  whipped  them,  their  list  of  killed  will  show. 
Then  fighting  Josey  Hooker,  he  came  up  with  his  train, 
He  met  them  on  the  third  day,  and  walloped  them  again. 

CHORUS. 

The  rebels  they  still  followed  us,  their  numbers  two  to  one, 

But  "  Little  Mac,"  he  let  them  see  that  Yankees  would  not  run; 

For  every  place  they  attacked  us,  we  dearly  made  them  pay, 

And  when  the  shades  of  night  fell  'round  us,  we  coolly  walked  away. 

CHORUS. 

Again  they  tried  to  surround  us  and  attack  us  in  the  rear, 
But  every  place  they  showed  themselves  they  found  the  Yankees  there. 
*'  Mac"  thought  that  he  would  stop  the  fun  and  bring  it  to  an  end; 
The  only  \vay  to  do  that  was  for  Couch's  men  to  send. 

CHORUS. 

When  we  heard  that  Mac  had  sent  for  us  with  joy  our  hearts  did  fill, 

And  we  were  quickly  ready  on  the  top  of  Malvern  Hill. 

The  rebels  they  advanced  on  us  but  we  were  not  dismayed, 

They  might  as  well  have  met  the  devil  as  Abercrombie  and  his  Brigade. 

CHORUS. 

The  rebels  they  commenced  the  fight  by  throwing  shot  and  shell, 
That  was  a  game  they  soon  found  out  that  Couch's  men  could  them 

excel. 

We  fought  them  from  morning  dawn  until  the  setting  sun, 
Among  the  killed  and  wounded,  why,  they  had  three  to  one. 

CHORUS. 


PENNSYLVANIA    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  139 

The  Twenty-third,  the  Eighty-second,  were  early  on  the  ground, 
The  Sixty-first  and  the  New  York  Chasseurs,  soon  showed  themselves 

around. 

Then  came  the  First  Long  Island,  we  all  did  our  work  quite  well, 
As  many  a  wounded  rebel  from  experience  can  tell. 

CHORUS. 

When  we  came  to  James  River  the  boys  began  to  cheer, 
When  they  saw  the  little  Monitor  up  the  river  she  did  steer. 
The  rebel  General  got  scared  and  unto  his  men  did  say, 
11  Here  comes  a  Yankee  earthquake,  we  had  better  get  away." 

CHORUS. 

Now  all  you  politicians  a  word  I  have  for  you, 
Let  our  Little  Mac  alone  for  he  is  tried  and  true. 
And  you  have  found  out  lately  that  he  is  our  only  hope, 
For  he  saved  the  Capitol,  likewise  McDowell  and  Pope. 

CHORUS. 

Now  I  think  I  will  finish  and  bring  this  to  an  end, 
With  three  cheers  for  Little  Mac — he's  every  soldier's  friend. 
I  would  like  all  agitators  and  politicians  to  understand, 
If  one  can  save  the  Union,  why  Little  Mac's  the  man. 

CHORUS. 


140  HISTORY    OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 

Bull  Rain  and  Antietam  Campaign 
1862 

DURING  the  Bull  Run  campaign  the  Twenty-third  Penn 
sylvania  came  up  from  the  peninsula  and  disembarked 
from  the  transports  at  Alexandria,  and  while  waiting 
for  the  balance  of  the  brigade,  the  regiment  stacked  arms  in 
front  of  a  grocery  store,  the  men  seating  themselves  on  the 
curbstone.  Around  the  awning  of  the  store  was  hung  brand 
new  quart  tin  cups — the  kind  the  soldiers  did  most  of  their 
cooking  in.  Soon  the  store  was  filled  with  the  boys,  who  pre 
tended  to  buy.  Suddenly  someone  cut  the  string  to  which  the 
cups  were  attached,  and  down  they  came.  Such  scrambling  I 
In  the  midst  of  all  this  excitement  one  man  ran  out  of  the 
store  carrying  a  whole  cheese.  As  he  turned  the  corner  of  the 
house  into  a  vacant  lot  the  cheese  fell  out  of  his  arms  and 
rolled  down  the  hill  to  a  fence  with  the  crowd  scrambling 
around  it.  One  of  the  boys  thinking  to  steal  a  march,  climbed 
the  fence  and  with  his  knife  burrowed  a  hole  under  the  fence 
and  was  soon  cutting  slices  of  the  cheese  and  stuffing  it  into 
his  buttoned  blouse  when  all  of  a  sudden  the  fence  came  down 
nearly  squeezing  the  life  out  of  him.  When  he  was  pulled  out 
of  the  wreck  he  was  smeared  all  over  with  cheese  and  as  he 
came  back  to  his  chum,  who  inquired  what  he  got,  replied — 
"  Got  nearly  squashed  to  death,  never  mind  old  boy  there  goes 
inspection  ;  I  have  half  of  a  ham  hid  under  that  door  step." 
After  inspection  nothing  being  found,  as  the  rain  was  pouring 
in  torrents,  the  regiment  was  moved  to  some  open  govern 
ment  carpenter  shops  to  await  the  arrival  of  the  division  and 
soon  most  everybody  was  engaged  in  cooking  eggs,  frying 
ham,  etc.  It  is  hoped  that  the  quartermaster  settled  with  the 
grocer. 

As  we  were  pushing  for  the  front  in  the  direction  of  Bull 
Run,  we  found  stragglers  and  coffee  coolers  from  McDowell's 
and  Pope's  commands,  on  both  sides  of  the  road.  A  regular 
army  officer,  who  knew  Colonel  Neill,  commenting  upon  the 
straggling,  wagered  a  bottle  of  wine,  that  several  men  in  the 
field  were  members  of  his  old  regiment.  The  bet  was  accepted 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


141 


and  away  they  went  to  determine  it.  Upon  reaching  the  men, 
sure  enough  the  figures  on  the  caps,  were  23d.  The  colonel 
in  his  peremptory  way,  wanted  to  know  what  regiment  they 
belonged  to,  one  of  them  replying,  Twenty-third  New  Jersey. 
After  reprimanding  them  for 
being  away  from  their  com 
mand,  ordered  them  back  to 
the  road  and  as  they  pulled 
out,  "  Bucky,"  with  his  bland 
smile,  claimed  to  have  won  the 
bet.  That  night,  as  the  men 
were  in  bivouac,  cooking  their 
supper,  the  colonel  came 
among  them  and  tapping  one 
of  the  boys,  Johnnie  Carri- 
gan,  on  the  shoulder,  ex 
claimed,  "That's  right,  my 
man,  whenever  you  straggle 
don't  belong  to  the  Twenty- 
third  Pennsylvania." 


JACOB   FOW, 
Co.  G. 


After  the  Antietam  campaign,  a  detail  of  the  Twenty- 
third  was  placed  on  headquarters'  guard.  On  the  march  down 
into  Virginia,  rations  were  short,  the  country  having  been 
gone  over  by  both  armies,  but  little  was  left  when  the  com 
mand  reached  Little  Baltimore.  The  headquarters'  wagon  com 
ing  up,  the  general's  tent  was  put  up.  One  of  the  detail 
found  in  the  general's  wagon  about  one-half  bushel  of  potatoes 
and  soon  the  guard  was  frying  and  stewing  the  "  Murphies," 
when  who  should  turn  up  but  "Bucky"  Neill's  cook.  It  was  then 
learned  that  "  Bucky"  was  in  command  of  the  brigade  and  that 
the  guard  had  cleaned  him  out  of  rations.  What  was  left  was 
hastily  gathered  up  and  quietly  slipped  back  into  the  wagon. 
Soon  the  guard  was  drawn  up  in  front  of  his  quarters,  repri 
manded  upon  foraging,  especially  upon  the  commissary  of  the 
general,  and  was  relieved  by  a  squad  of  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York 
(Chasseurs)  and  sent  to  the  regiment.  This  was  one  of  the 
times  they  made  a  mistake,  as  nothing  was  too  good  for 
"  Bucky."  Had  they  known  he  was  at  headquarters,  they 
would  have  gone  to  sleep  hungry. 


142  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 

FredericKstmrg — Marye's  Heights  and  Salem 

CKurcK  Campaigns. 

1862—1863. 

AT  Marye's  Heights,  when  the  skirmishers  of  the  Twenty- 
third  Pennsylvania  advanced  through  the  fog,  to  feel  the 
enemy,  the  orders  were  upon  receiving  fire,  to  fall  back  a  short 
distance  to  a  slight  depression  in  the  ground,  lay  down  and 
await  the  orders  to  charge.  The  Rebs  opened  a  se 
vere  fire  as  they  neared  the  stone  wall  and  one  of 
the  men  wounded  was  Charley  Smallwood,  of  Company 
G.  To  get  out  of  range  of  the  fire,  he  crawled  over 
to  a  house  that  stood  on  the  edge  of  the  road,  it  being  occu 
pied  by  Confederate  sharpshooters,  he  was  taken  prisoner  and 
turned  over  to  the  trenches  in  the  sunken  road,  the  Mississip- 
pians  telling  him  how  they  would  annihilate  the  Yanks  when 
they  came  on  the  charge.  Here  he  was" left  until  the  assault, 
and  as  our  line  swept  into  the  sunken  road,  the  Johnnies  broke 
and  he  found  he  was  among  his  own  people.  Com 
pany  G  was  rejoiced  to  know  that  Charley  was  recap 
tured.  After  recovering  from  his  wound  he  came  back  and 
remained  until  the  end  of  the  war. 

The  men  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  had  been  lying 
in  support  of  a  battery  at  Fredericksburg,  until  they  be 
came  somewhat  cramped  and  finally  one  and  then  the  other  got 
up  to  stretch  his  legs,  until  there  was  too  many  of  them  standing 
up,  which  drew  the  fire  of  the  enemy's  guns,  as  well  as  his 
sharpshooters.  Of  course  we  were  under  orders,  close  under  fire, 
could  not  fire  a  shot,  as  our  battery  in  front  was  doing  the 
work.  On  the  call  of  one  of  the  officers  to  lie  down,  all  went 
down  close  to  the  ground,  except  Dan  Donnelly,  or  old  man 
Donnelly  as  we  called  him.  At  last  the  captain  peremptorily 
ordered  him  down  not  wanting  to  have  him  exposed  need 
lessly.  "Well,  captain,  I  must  obey  your  orders,  but  do  you 
call  this  fighting  ?  Give  me  50  men  and  I  will  take  the  battery 
on  yon  hill,  so  with  such  kids  as  wait  until  it  cools  off,  we  will 
buy  a  little  battery  for  you."  Dan  laid  down.  But  all  the 
same  we  knew  that  Donnelly  meant  just  what  he  said,  as  he 
had  been  well  tested  before. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


143 


His  son  was  wounded  in  the  charge  at  Fair  Oaks  by 
being  struck  on  the  belt  plate  and  doubled  up — he  could 
scarcely  walk.  The  old  man,  after  examining  him,  finding  no 
blood,  pushed  him  forward  until  he  was  again  hit,  this  time 
in  the  ankle.  Old  Dan,  think 
ing  to  save  his  life,  cut  the 
ball  out  with  his  razor.  Dan 
was  sent  to  the  hospital  and 
wrote  the  boys  he  was  going 
in  the  Navy,  as  the  old  man 
was  too  much  for  him. 

While  the  old  man  could 
never  be  taught  to  keep  step, 
he  was  a  most  excellent, 
brave,  obedient  and  fearless 
soldier ;  tough  as  nails, 
standing  the  campaign  until 
the  end  with  the  best  of  us. 


DR.  G.  W.  YEOMANS, 
Asst.  Surgeon. 


When  the  Twenty- third 
Pennsylvania  went  into 
camp  near  White  Oaks  Church  in  November,  1862,  the  wagon 
trains  were  away  back,  so  the  regiment  went  on  picket  duty 
without  rations.  This  part  of  the  country  had  been  for 
aged  by  both  armies,  so  there  was  little  left  ;  but  some  of 
the  boys  on  the  picket  reserve  found  a  cache  of  potatoes  and 
divided  them  as  far  as  they  would  go.  While  they  were  roasting 
them,  an  ex-Confederate  who  had  lost  his  leg  in  one  of  the 
battles  on  the  Peninsula,  loomed  up  on  his  wooden  leg  and 
told  the  boys  that  he  was  living  in  a  log  house  back  in  the 
woods  and  when  he  went  to  the  cache  for  some  potatoes, 
found  that  some  one  had  cleaned  him  out.  Of  course  they  did 
not  know  that  they  had  cleaned  out  an  old  Johnnie  Reb,  so  the 
reserve  picket  invited  him  to  share  with  them  the  meal  of  roasted 
potatoes.  When  they  got  back  to  camp  the  wagons  were  up, 
rations  were  distributed  and  a  cracker  box  loaded  with  sup 
plies  was  carried  out  to  the  old  Vet.  Before  leaving  here, 
two  more  box  loads  were  taken  out  to  his  log  house,  so 
Johnnie  was  bridged  over  for  that  winter. 


144 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


Dr.  William  C.  Roller,  Surgeon  of  the  Twenty-third 
Pennsylvania,  says  the  most  singular  wound  he  was  called 
upon  to  attend  while  in  the  service  was  that  of  Major 
Healy,  of  the  Chasseurs,  Sixty-fifth  New  York,  in  the 
early  morning  of  the  day  that  Marye's  Heights  was  assaulted, 
after  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York  had  charged  and  cleared  the 
way  at  Hazel  Run,  the  Twenty-third  took  the  advance  into 
Fredericksburg.  When  the  regiment  got  into  the  town,  he  told 
Stiney,  who  carried  the  medicine  chest,  to  find  a  house  with  a 
piano  and  saw  the  legs  off  so  it  could  be  used  as  an  operating 
table.  Stein  soon  reported  and  Roller  was  arranging  mat 
ters  to  transact  business  when  the  first  one  to  be  bought  in  was 

Major  Healy.  They  were  old 
time  friends  and  upon  examin 
ing  him  found  he  had  been 
wounded  in  the  abdomen.  Not 
being  able  to  find  the  place 
where  the  ball  had  passed  out, 
he  concluded  he  was  mortally 
wounded,  and  cheering  the 
Major  up,  told  him  he  would 
send  him  across  the  river  and 
home  to  his  parents  in  New 
York  City,  which  was  done. 
Some  time  that  winter  the  doc 
tor  was  writing  a  letter  when  a 
rap  came  on  the  tent  pole  and 
calling  out  "Come  in",  who 
should  appear  but  Major  Healy  ;  he  was  more  than  agreeably 
surprised  to  find  him  alive.  "Why,  Major,  old  boy,  how  did  you 
manage  to  survive?"  Haley  remarked  "  it  wasn't  such  a  bad 
wound  after  all.  When  I  got  home  and  was  carried  to  bed,  the 
old  family  doctor  was  called  in,  and  of  course  started  to  exam 
ine  me,  but  I  was  so  sore  and  swelled  up  that  I  kicked  about 
being  turned  over,  but  he  would  have  his  own  way  and 
turning  me  over  he  found  that  the  ball  had  passed  entirely 
around  me,  coming  out  at  the  point  of  entrance,  it  could  be 
plainly  traced  by  the  line  of  inflammation."  Dr.  Roller  was  a 
most  noted  surgeon  in  the  field  during  the  entire  war.  He  died 
in  1900,  at  Hollidaysburg,  Pennsylvania.  Major  Healy  served 
the  war  out  and  resides  in  Washington. 


ARCHIBALD   McCORKILL, 
Co.  D. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 


145 


One  of  the  boys  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  tells 
this  story  of  Pat  Hickey  of  Company  F.  They  were  chums 
at  home,  and  when  under  fire  Pat  always  covered  him  in  the 
ranks.  At  Fredericksburg  they  were  both  wounded,  no  doubt 
by  the  same  ball,  one  in  the  head,  the  other  in  the  left  arm. 
On  the  way  back  to  the  rear,  assisted  by  Billy  Craig,  they 
struck  a  double  ambulance.  Putting  the  other  fellow  into  it, 
Craig  bid  them  good-bye  and  crawled  back  to  his  place  in  the 
company,  as  the  enemy  was  at  this  time  sweeping  the  ground 
with  his  batteries.  Just  then  a  shell  passing  near  the  ambu 
lance,  frightened  the  driver,  and  jumping  off,  away  went  the 
team.  Hickey  with  his  one  arm  tried  to  check  them  and  find 
ing  it  was  no  use,  got  out  on  the  step  and  catching  his  chum's 
waist-band  jumped  off  and  out  he  came,  sock  on  the  ground 
completely  knocking  him  out.  Just  then  one  of  the  wounded 
passing,  helped  him  back  to  the  rear,  where  he  fell  into  the  hands 
of  Surgeon  Roller  of  the  Twenty-third.  After  doing  what  was 
possible  to  stop  the  flow  of  blood,  he  told  Hickey  to  stick  to 
him.  This  he  did,  remaining  with  him  until  the  army  re- 
crossed  the  river,  although,  during  Sunday  and  Monday,  he 
had  the  chance  like  all  others 
who  were  able  to  travel  to  go 
North.  Hick  got  a  $5  bill  from 
one  of  the  officers  and  walked 
six  miles  to  the  train  and 
bought  a  can  of  beef  tea.  It 
was  eleven  days  before  they 
reached  the  hospital  at  Wash 
ington,  he  caring  for  his  chum 
during  that  time.  When  they 
came  up  before  the  surgeon  for 
examination  for  furlough, 
given  according  to  the  disa 
bility,  not  exceeding  sixty 
days,  Hickey  got  thirty  and 
his  chum  sixty,  his  chum  asked 
that  his  be  reduced  to  thirty. 
This  surprised  the  surgeon  and  when  told  how  faithful 
Pat  had  been,  gave  him  sixty  days.  As  they  passed  down 
Pennsylvania  Avenue  on  the  way  to  take  the  train,  they 
ran  across  Dr.  Roller  who  had  taken  a  run  up  for  a  few  days 


JOHN   MOFFITT, 
Co.  F. 


146 


HISTORY   OF   THE   TWENTY-THIRD    REGIMENT 


from  the  front.  He  had  just  drawn  his  pay,  was  glad  to  meet 
the  boys,  found  them  dead  broke  and  gave  each  a  $5  bill. 
These  facts  are  a  sample  of  the  Twenty-third,  they  always 
stuck  to  each  other. 


ALONG    THE   CHICKAHOMINY. 


General  Alexander  Shaler,  the  brigade  commander,  in 
responding  to  the  toast  of  Marye's  Heights,  at  the  Twenty- 
third's  banquet,  Fairmount  Park,  Philadelphia,  in  1886,  stated 
he  was  glad  that  Chaplain  Shinn  had  so  ably  gone  over  the 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


14' 


ground  in  his  vivid  description  of  the  events  of  that  engage 
ment,  that  he  could  but  add  that  he  had  the  honor  to  be  there, 
and  it  was  his  fortune  to  have  command  of  the  supporting 
column  on  the  right,  composed  of  the  Eighty-second  Pennsyl 
vania  and  Sixty-seventh  New  York.  The  charging  column, 
Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  and  Forty-third  New  York,  was  under 
the  command  of  that  brave  and  efficient  officer  Colonel  Spear, 
who  was  killed  while  leading  the  charge  across  the  causeway. 
These  regiments  were  prepared  for  the  charge  in  the 
streets  of  Fredericksburg  under  shelter  of  the  houses,  and  the 
long  wait  before  we  had  orders  to  move,  was  a  most  severe 
strain  on  the  officers  and  men.  We  all  realized  what  was  to  be 
done  and  anxiously  awaited  the  order  to  advance  ;  messages 
were  hastily  written  home,  and  when  the  order  came  it  seemed 
a  relief.  As  the  column  moving  by  fours  passed  to  the  outer 
edge  of  the  town,  the  enemy  opened  a  most  destructive  fire 
of  artillery  and  musketry  from  the  Heights,  rifle  pits  and  from 
the  famous  stone  wall  at  its  base,  and  for  a  moment  the  head 
of  the  column  staggered  and  wavered.  Spear  fell,  the  ranks 
were  closed,  and  the  rush  made 
but  only  to  be  again  checked. 
Perceiving  this,  I  pushed  up  the 
supports  and  in  a  solid  mass 
the  column  rushed  onward  over 
the  wall  and  up  the  Heights. 
We  knew  that  after  passing  the 
stone  wall  we  had  turned  their 
fl  a  n  k.  Hastening  up  the 
Heights  my  first  thoughts  were 
to  get  the  men  into  some  forma 
tion  and  this  required  no  little 
effort,  as  they  were  wild  with 
enthusiasm  and  filled  with 
ecstasy  over  the  important  cap 
ture.  Looking  around,  I  saw 
my  two  gallant  aides — Lieuten 
ants  Armstrong  and  Johnson 
of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania — at  my  side  and  gave  them 
orders  to  have  the  regimental  flags  stationed  in  line  and  to 
instruct  in  speedily  forming  line  of  battle  without  regard  to 
companies  or  regiments,  as  one  thousand  resolute  men  that 


JOHN   YOUNG, 
Co.  E. 


148 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


149 


might  possibly  be  rallied  behind  the  hill,  would  have  swept  us 
back  from  the  heights.  Our  lines  were  soon  formed  upon  the 
colors  of  the  Sixty-first  and  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania  within 
the  works. 

I  remember  in  looking  off  towards  the  left  to  see  our 
lines  of  battle  which  plainly  told  the  whole  position  had  been 
taken. 

Before  moving,  out  on  the  charge,  I  remember  seeing  the 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  lying  in  front  of  the  stone  wall  or 
sunken  road  where  I  had  placed  them,  holding  that  position  un 
der  a  severe  fire,  and  I  want  to  say  to  the  Twenty-third,  that  they 
are  entitled  to  great  praise,  not  only  for  the  patient  manner  in 
which  they  uncomplainingly  held  so  exposed  a  position  six  long 
hours,  but  for  volunteering  to  join  the  charge  on  the  Heights  as 
they  were  not  of  the  charging  column.  Seeing  troops  over  at  a 
redoubt,  near  the  little  brick-walled  cemetery  on  the  apex  of 
the  Heights,  I  sent  Lieutenant  Johnson  over  to  learn  what 
troops  they  were,  and  upon  reporting  to  me  learned  it  was  the 
Twenty-third  ;  they  had  gone  in  with  the  Sixth  Maine  and  Fifth 
Wisconsin,  under  Colonel  ^^____^^__^_^^__^_ 
Johns,  crossing  the  sunken  road 
and  scaling  the  Heights. 

Your  Chaplain  mentions  in 
his  oration,  that  I  was  the  first 
mounted  officer  inside  the 
enemy's  works.  Well,  really,  I 
won't  say  as  to  that,  but  if  I  was, 
Lieutenant  Armstrong  of  my 
staff  was  a  good  second.  Poor 
fellow,  he  was  a  brave,  gentle 
manly  officer,  and  now  lies 
sleeping  in  a  heroe's  grave. 
Lieutenant  Johnson,  also  of  my 
staff,  had  his  horse  injured  in  the 
charge  as  we  approached  the 
base  of  the  hill,  but  he  crawled 
up  with  the  rest  of  the  column  and  reported  to  me — dis 
mounted,  and  was  there  almost  as  soon  as  I.  Before  closing, 
I  want  to  add  my  endorsement  of  Chaplain  Shinn's  description 
of  the  fight,  and  particularly  that  part  in  the  vicinity  of  Marye's 
Heights  as  being  a  most  truthful  story,  much  more  accurate 


DANIEL   FOW, 
Co.  E. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


than  any  I  have  read.  The  advance  to  Salem  Church,  you 
will  remember,  did  not  begin  until  late  in  the  afternoon,  the 
delay  being  caused  by  the  First  Division  under  General  Brooks 
being  ordered  from  this  position,  three  miles  below,  to  take  the 
advance.  Many  things  might  have  been  done,  but  it  is  not  my 
place  to  criticise  superior  officers  then,  and  no  good  can  come 
from  doing  so  now.  One  thing  is  certain,  we  should  not  have 
allowed  Wilcox's  Brigade,  who  were  at  Bank's  Ford  to  escape. 
The  whole  country  to  the  left  was  open,  giving  a  splendid 
opportunity  to  move  in  deployed  lines  and  so  encompass 
the  fugitives  in  the  woods  to  the  right  and  capture  them 
all.  It  was  a  brilliant  feat  of  arms  to  take  the  Heights  and 
was  another  laurel  added  to  the  coronet  of  the  Old  Sixth 
Corps. 

The  part  taken  by  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  you 
may  well  be  proud  of,  and  I  congratulate  you  that  in  this,  as 
in  all  the  battles  of  the  Grand  Old  Army  of  the  Potomac,  the 
gallantry  of  the  regiment  was  conspicuous. 


NON-COMMISSIONED   STAFF. 
WM.  H.  ALBKRTSON,  Q.  M.  Sergt. 
IRA  WKBSTKR,  Sergt. -Major. 
OLIVER  T.  ECKERT,  Com.-Sergt. 
F.  A.  NEVILLE,  Hospital  Steward. 


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Gettysburg    Campaign 
1863 

At  Gettysburg  a  ball  hit  John  Quinn  of  E  Company, 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  on  the  heel  of  his  shoe,  glancing 
off,  striking  Henry  Dougherty  on  the  breast.  When  examined 
it  was  found  the  ball  had  struck  a  daguerreotype  of  his  best 
girl,  thus  saving  his  life,  while  he  had  a  very  painful  breast  for 
some  time ;  he  lived  to  serve  his  time  out  and  married  the  girl. 

Chaplain  Shinn,  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  took 
the  pains  while  in  service  to  ascertain  the  average  age  of  the 
men  of  the  regiment  at  enlistment,  and  found  it  to  be  nineteen 
years.  After  the  dedication  of  the  monument  at  Gettysburg, 
the  writer,  in  company  with  Sergeant  James  Spence,  visited 
the  field,  and  upon  reaching  the  Twenty-third  monument, 
Spence  after  having  inspected  it  and  reading  the  inscription,  ex 
pressed  himself  as  being  very  much  pleased  with  it,  with  the 
exception  of  the  statue  surmounting  it,  which  he  thought  was 
too  youthful  a  figure.  "  Why,  what  age  do  you  think  that 
figure  represents  ?  "  "I  should  say  it  was  a  boy  of  nineteen  years 
of  age."  "Spence,  when  were  you  born?"  "  In  July,  1844." 
"  Well  add  nineteen  to  that  and  you  will  find  you  were  nine 
teen  years  old  when  you  laid  over  there  in  the  line  on  July  2d 
and  3rd,  1863." 


One  of  tHe  Boys  of  tHe  23d  in  Hospital  at  YorK, 

Pa.,   Woxinded,  Tells  of    Gordon's  Advance 

Upon    That    Place    and    Wrig'Htsville 

On  Lee's  invasion  of  Pennsylvania  in  1863,  we  were  in 
hospital  at  York,  Pa.,  recovering  from  wounds  received  at 
Fredericksburg.  When  the  Governor  of  Pennsylvania  sent  a 
request  to  the  hospital  for  volunteers,  the  surgeon  in  charge 
assembled  the  boys  on  dress  parade,  and  after  reading  Governor 
Curtin's  telegram  he  requested  all  those  who  desired  to  volun 
teer  for  field  service,  in  the  State,  to  step  one  pace  to  the  front, 
when  187  of  the  boys  responded,  it  being  left  to  their  decision 
to  choose  their  officers  to  command  the  battalion.  Canvassing 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


W.  J.  BAKER, 
Corporal  Co.  E. 


was  commenced  and  after  casting  ballot,  a  sergeant  of  the 
Second  Wisconsin  was  elected  our  captain,  and  if  my  memory 
serves  me  right,  a  one-armed  Philadelphia  boy  was  selected 
first  lieutenant,  and  a  New  York  high  private  our  second 

lieutenant.  Of  the  187  it  was 
said  185  were  wounded  men, 
the  balance  of  the  hospital 
boys  looked  upon  the  whole 
affair  as  a  huge  joke  or  I  might 
say  scare  of  the  Governor's. 
After  organizing  we  were  dis 
missed  with  orders  to  be  ready 
at  any  moment.  The  first 
night  we  were  placed  on 
picket  to  try  how  the  old  thing 
worked,  as  the  Johnnies  at 
that  time  were  probably  near 
South  Mountain,  some  fifty 
miles  or  more  away.  After 
several  days  of  lounging 
around  the  hospital  during 
the  day  and  picketing  at  night,  one  of  our  scouts,  for  we 
had  selected  a  sergeant  of  the  First  Maine  Cavalry  and 
another  Philadelphia  cavalryman,  who  had  been  off  on  scout 
duty  since  our  entree  into  the  new  service,  rode  into  the  hos 
pital  grounds,  and  after  a  hurried  consultation  with  the  sur 
geons,  preparations  were  at  once  made  for  the  removal  of  the 
hospital  inmates  and  property  to  Columbia,  ten  miles  in  rear 
on  the  north  bank  of  the  Susquehanna,  and  before  the  next 
morning,  about  the  only  ones  left  was  the  battalion.  About 
4  P.  M.  we  marched  out  the  pike  towards  Gettysburg.  When 
four  miles  out  we  returned  hurriedly  and  took  the  last 
train  for  Wrightsville,  none  too  soon,  for  the  mounted  infantry 
of  Early's  Corps  appeared  on  all  the  hills  and  formed  a 
cordon  around  the  town.  After  an  exchange  of  shots  at  very 
long  range,  we  arrived  at  Wrightsville,  opposite  Columbia, 
where  some  militia  were  entrenched,  and  about  daylight  we 
were  thrown  out  on  picket  skirmish  line.  Some  time  about 
noon  the  Rebs  began  feeling  their  way  in  by  shelling,  the 
first  shell  passing  over  to  the  entrenchments.  A  cloud 
of  dust  then  going  towards  the  river,  indicated  that  the 


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153 


militia  were  being  withdrawn  across  the  bridge  and  the  bat 
talion  left  to  get  all  the  glory.  We  hadn't  long  to  wait  as 
skirmishers  soon  appeared  and  we  had  it  quite  lively  for  some 
time. 

Our  captain  thought  it  about  time  to  end  the  fun,  or 
else  we  might  have  become  boarders  at  Libby,  Andersonville, 
etc.,  and  word  was  passed  along  the  line  to  rally  on  the  centie, 
which  was  in  an  open  field,  in  full  view  of  the  Johns.  As  soon 
as  all  were  in,  he  gave  the  command  left  face,  and  we  marched 
steadily  by  the  flank,  until  we  reached  a  deep  road  along  the 
river,  from  where  it  was  everyone  for  himself,  to  reach  the 
bridge.  We  found  it  barricaded  with  heavy  timbers.  The 
bridge  was  a  covered  one,  one  and  a  quarter  miles  long,  with 
a  foot  walk  on  the  east  side.  One  of  the  boys  took  the  foot 
walk,  and  after  running  one-quarter  mile,  discovered  his  retreat 
cut  off,  as  the  bridge  on  that  side  had  been  cut  and  not  know 
ing  how  to  swim,  he  took  his  chance  of  going  back  to  the 
mouth  of  the  bridge.  Fortunately,  he  found  a  window,  crawled 
through  and  landed  across  the  dead  line.  The  bridge  was 
not  only  sawed  in  two  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  mouth,  but 
wras  saturated  with  oil  and 


I3fc 


combustible  matter.     Soon  the 

rebs   came   dashing   into     the 

bridge  and  we  had  a  soft  thing 

on   them,   firing    from    behind 

the  uprights  of  the  bridge — but 

orders  must  be  obeyed  and  the 

bridge  was  fired.    We  lounged 

around,  until    the    smoke  and 

flames  made  it  a  race  for  life  to 

reach   the   other   end,    a   mile 

away,  and  when  we  got  there, 

found   that  the   artillery  boys 

from    the    hospital    had    two 

twelve    pounders    planted    to 

sweep  the   bridge  and  by  that 

confounded  order  didn't  get  a 

chance  to  fire   a  shot.     The    impression    of  the   old   soldiers 

was  then,  and     belief    now    is,  that  the  bridge    should    not 

have   been    fired,    but    the    commander    thought   differently 

and   another    one    and    a    half    millions    of   debt,    was   the 


JOB   T.  HICKMAN, 

Lieutenant   Co.  H. 


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HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


result     The  battalion  was  the  guest  of  the  town  and  the  good 

people  of  Columbia  made  our  forced  visit  a  most  pleasant  one. 

The    next  morning  it  was  discovered  that  the  enemy  was 

leaving.   Twenty  of  the  battalion  volunteered  to  cross  the  river, 

so  securing  a  boat  and  rope, 
soon  established  a  ferry.  Find 
ing  Gordon's  brigade  had  with- 
d  r  a  w  n,  the  battalion  was 
ordered  over,  and  by  easy 
stages,  marched  back  to  York, 
picking  up  on  the  way  many 
reb  stragglers.  The  people  of 
York  were  not  of  the  Union 
loving  kind  before  the  rebs 
came,  and  the  levies  that  were 
made  upon  them  by  the  Con 
federates,  was  rather  a  severe 
lesson  to  a  sympathizer.  If  they 
did  not  relish  the  blue  before, 
they  did  now,  and  we  were 
heartily  welcomed.  After  sev 
eral  days  of  duty,  scouring  the  country,  bringing  in  reb  strag 
glers,  we  disbanded  and  took  our  station  at  our  Ward  Beds.  We 
had  a  mother's  and  father's  likeness,  tied  up  in  a  silk  pocket 
American  flag,  under  the  head  of  our  bed,  and  when  we  looked 
for  it,  it  wasn't  there.  If  the  ex-Confederate  who  may  have  it 
in  his  possession,  will  send  his  address  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  he  will  be  pleased  to 
correspond. 

Our  scouts  did  some  valuable  services  during  this  cam 
paign  and  related  many  an  exciting  incident  of  the  times  they 
had  among  the  rebs  to  the  boys  around  the  hospital  camp  fire. 

William  Milford  of  Company  H,  Twenty-third  Pennsyl 
vania,  while  lying  in  the  breastworks  at  Gulp's  Hill,  on  the 
morning  of  July  3d,  picked  up  the  head  of  a  penny  which  some 
one  had  cut  out,  probably  to  make  a  stickpin.  Some  months 
afterwards  while  on  reserve  picket  under  Lieutenant  Vodges 
of  F  Company,  talking  over  campaigns,  told  of  a  relic  he 
found  at  Gettysburg,  and  pulling  it  out  showed  it  to  the  lieu 
tenant. 


GEORGE   W.  PALMER, 
Corporal  Co.  H. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


155 


"  Why,  Milford,  you  are  the  man  I  have  been  looking 
for,"  and  pulling  out  of  his  pocket  a  ring  or  rim  of  a  penny,  it 
was  found  the  two  pieces  fitted  together.  The  lieutenant 
stated  that  he  had  found  the  ring  when  the  regiment  went  over 
from  Gulp's  Hill  to  the  left  of 
Meade's  headquarters,  on  the 
afternoon  of  July  3d.  He  gave 
the  relic  to  Milford,  and  when 
the  regiment  erected  its  monu 
ment  at  Gulp's  Hill,  Gettys 
burg,  in  1 886,  Milford  had  the 
relic  go  in  with  others  that  are 
now  in  the  box  sunken  in  the 
lower  base  of  the  monument. 


HENRY   CREASE, 
ist  Sergeant  Co.  B. 


The  Twenty-third  Penn 
sylvania  was  on  its  way  over 
from  Little  Round  Top  in  the 
early  morning  of  July  3d,  to  the 
support  of  Geary's  Division  at 
Gulp's  Hill;  as  they  crossed  the 
Baltimore  Pike  at  the  Spangler  House,  a  shell  knocked  some 
bricks  out  of  the  chimney  of  the  farmhouse.  Three  country 
men  or  citizens,  perhaps  belonging  at  the  house,  were  com 
menting  on  the  destruction  of  the  battle,  and  wanted  to  know 
why  the  troops  could  not  keep  on  the  roads  to  do  their  fight 
ing  and  not  come  tramping  down  the  crops.  It  was  quite 
amusing  to  the  boys  from  their  point  of  view. 

When  they  reached  the  position  they  were  cheered  by  the 
troops,  as  re-enforcements  were  very  much  needed  in  that  part 
of  the  field  that  had  been  so  hotly  contested. 


156  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


RappaHannocK    Station — Mine    R,un — Brandy 

Station — JoKnson's   Island 

1863—1864 

THE  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  in  the  mid-winter  of  1864 
on  their  way  out  to  Johnson  Island,  in  passing  through 
one  of  the  stations  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  in 
West  Virginia,  saw  several  barrels  of  chickens  and  turkeys  on 
the  platform,  ready  for  shipment.  Soon  the  boys  were  lighting 
fires  and  having  a  good  time  roasting  fowls, to  the  discomfiture 
of  the  station  master.  Quartermaster  Chandler  was  hunted 
up  and  of  course  gave  him  full  allowance  in  due  bills  to 
cover  the  losses. 

Johnnie  Kelly  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  says  that 
while  laying  at  Brandy  Station,  Harry  Barnholt  of  Company 
F  got  a  canteen  of  commissary  and  in  order  that  the  boys 
could  not  get  away  with  it,  sat  upon  it,  while  he  was  playing 
a  game  of  poker.  Every  time  he  would  raise  up  to  take  in  the 
pot,  he  would  pull  up  the  canteen  and  take  one  for  luck.  Finally 
the  boys  £ot  a  canteen  full  of  water  and  when  he  rose  up  to 
take  in  the  next  pot,  slipped  his  canteen  out,  replacing  it  with 
the  one  with  water  and  feeling  good  over  his  win,  Harry 
pulled  the  canteen  up  to  take  another  smile,  and  when  he 
found  it  was  water,  it  broke  him  and  the  game  up. 

While  at  Johnson's  Island,  the  boys  of  the  Twenty- third 
Pennsylvania  who  did  not  re-enlist  decided  to  give  the  veter 
ans  a  reception  upon  their  rejoining  the  regiment  from  fur 
lough.  As  there  were  lots  of  wild  geese  on  the  lake,  Sergeant 
Bill  Green  and  Johnnie  Kelly  started  out  with  a  pocket  full  of 
slugs  to  the  feeding  grounds  while  Trotter  Boyle  and  Davy 
Colville  and  others  made  preparations  to  have  a  good  roast. 
When  the  hunters  returned  without  the  fowl,  it  was  explained 
that  when  Green  started  up  the  birds,  they  came  with  such  a 
sudden  whirl  directly  over  them  that  it  kept  Green  busy  to 
keep  his  feet  on  the  slippery  ice,  while  Kelly  with  the  gun 
loaded,  slipped  and  fell  and  lying  on  his  back,  blazed  away. 
How  he  ever  missed  them  was  a  puzzler.  Some  of  the  boys 


158  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


charged  Green  with  loading  the  gun  with  beans  in  place  of 
slugs;  perhaps  the  geese  flew  too  high  before  Kelly  could  get 
a  shot  at  them;  however  there  were  other  things  to  provide 
and  one  of  the  best  evenings  in  edibles  and  enjoyment  was 
had  at  the  reception  of  the  boys  who  had  re-enlisted  for  three 
more  years. 

George  Blank,  Company  B  and  William  Thomas,  Com 
pany  C  both  drummer  boys  of  the  Twenty-third  were 
captured  near  Stone  House  Mountain  in  September,  1863,  by 
Mosby,  while  outside  the  lines  "foraging  ;  they  were  sent  to 
various  rebel  prisons  and  finally  reached  Danville.  At  this 
place  a  hole  was  cut  in  the  stockade  and  Thomas,  with  Har- 
lan  S.  Howard,  Third  Wisconsin  Battery,  and  Samuel  Street, 
Fifteenth  U.  S.  Infantry,  started  for  the  North.  They  were 
about  a  month  getting  into  our  lines,  coming  in  at  Fayette- 
ville,  West  Virginia ;  they  had  changed  clothes  with  the 
contrabands,  so  they  looked  like  Johnnies.  Our  troops  took 
good  care  of  them.  Thomas  reached  Philadelphia  in  time 
to  go  back  with  the  veterans  who  had  re-enlisted,  joining  his 
company  at  Johnson's  Island. 

Among  the  snaps  while  at  Johnson's  Island,  were  bunks 
to  sleep  in,  Jimmy  and  Pete  Henry  slept  in  the  upper  berth 
and  as  was  the  custom,  had  built  a  shelf  to  hold  a  piece 
of  candle,  bottle  of  ink,  paper,  etc.  One  night  after  lights 
out,  a  scuffle  was  heard  with  screams  of  "  murder  ;  get  a  light, 
he  cut  my  throat."  The  boys  scrambled  out  of  their  bunks  to 
where  the  trouble  was  and  when  a  light  was  struck,  found 
Pete  standing  with  hands  around  his  neck  saying  that  Jimmy 
had  cut  his  throat,  but  upon  close  examination  it  was  found 
he  was  covered  with  ink,  the  sequel  being  that  Jimmy,  who 
was  given  to  walking  in  his  sleep,  had  dreamed  he  was 
captured  and  in  his  struggle  to  get  away,  he  had  grabbed 
Pete  and  securing  a  bottle  of  ink  began  to  cut  his  throat. 
Pete  awaking  and  with  the  fluid  splashing  around  his  neck 
and  face  and  the  gurgling  as  it  flowed  out  of  the  bottle, 
thought  his  time  had  come  and  in  his  struggle  to  save  his 
life  fell  off  the  bunk,  thinking  his  throat  was  cut 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  159 


NortK  Anna   and  Cold  Harbor  Campaign. 

CAPTAIN  MARCH  ANT,  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  in 
\-^  1 86 1,  gave  the  men  of  his  company  special  instructions 
as  to  the  use  of  the  turnaque  in  case  of  a  wound  to  stop 
the  flow  of  blood  until  given  aid  by  the  surgeon.  He  was 
killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  and  when  found,  he  had  first  been 
wounded  in  the  thigh  and  had  applied  the  turnaque  with  his 
twisted  pocket  handkerchief,  but  was  afterwards  riddled  with 
balls.  He  was  a  most  gallant  soldier  and  a  true  gentleman, 
highly  respected  by  all. 

While  lying  in  the  trenches,  at  Cold  Harbor,  a  shell  ex 
ploded  and  killed  two  men  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania. 
A  piece  of  the  same  shell  struck  John  Patton  of  Company  A 
in  the  sole  of  his  foot,  stinging  him  severely,  not  even  breaking 
the  leather ;  he  limped  around  fora  while  and  on  a  long  march 
would  go  lame.  After  the  war  he  complained  of  severe  pain 
in  the  sole  of  the  foot,  and  in  1898,  to  save  his  life,  his  leg  was 
amputated. 

William  B.  Chadwick,  of  G  Company,  Twenty-third  Penn 
sylvania,  was  badly  wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  and  lay  until  the 
night  of  the  3d,  the  fire  being  so  incessant,  as  to  make  it  a  dan 
gerous  undertaking  to  attempt  to  bring  him  in.  Finally, 
Gerald  McHenry,  of  D  Company,  one  of  the  pickets  volun 
teered,  and  crawling  out  placed  him  on  his  back,  and  carried 
him  into  the  line,  thus  saving  Chadwick's  life.  McHenry  had 
won  a  medal  of  honor,  but  the  poor  fellow  was  shot  the  next 
day  and  died  of  his  wounds  July  5,  1864. 

John  Moore,  Company  E,  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania, 
had  the  crown  of  his  cap  shot  away  in  the  action  at  Fair  Oaks, 
doing  him  no  injury.  While  at  Downsville,  Maryland,  he  was 
detailed  to  the  Eighth  New  York  Battery,  rejoining  his  com 
pany  and  regiment  in  May,  1864,  and  was  killed  at  Cold 
Harbor. 


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HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


FRANK    MAGUIGAN, 
Sergeant-Major. 


In  the  Field  Hospital  at  Cold  Harbor,  Dan  Williams,  one 
of  the  drummers  of  K  Company,  Twenty  third  Pennsylvania, 
who  was  assisting  Doctor  Roller  in  the  care  of  the  wounded, 
saved  the  leg  of  James  Donnelly  of  his  company.  When  he 

was  brought  in,  after  examina 
tion  by  one  of  the  surgeons,  a 
green  ribbon  was  tied  to  the 

jJSfclBk  "  buttonhole  of  his  blouse;  this 

f  w  meant  amputation   of  the  leg. 

I  rfr  £&  ip  Watching  his  chance  Dan  took 

the  ribbon  off  and  Donnelly 
was  passed  by.  Williams  took 

.*4^L»  ^S^k.  special  care  of  him  to  prevent 

•041  blood  poisoning.  In  a  few  days 

»  he  was  sent  North,  and  recov 

ering  rejoined  his  regiment 
and  was  mustered  out  at  the 
end  of  the  war.  As  Dan 
says,  Donnelly  had  been  good 
and  kind  to  him  when  he 
joined  the  company — he  was  one  of  the  Twenty-third — and  if 
he  could  save  his  leg  he  was  going  to  take  the  chances. 

Frank  Worth,  color  sergeant  of  the  Twenty-third,  was 
wounded  in  the  head  and  both  legs  in  the  charge  at  Cold 
Harbor.  Notwithstanding  his  severe  wounds  he  was  solicitous 
for  the  safety  of  the  colors,  and  finally  they  were  taken  by  one 
of  the  boys.  He  lay  between  the  lines  close  to  the  Confederate 
breastworks  until  night,  when  a  squad  of  Johnnies  came  out 
and  carried  him  into  their  line,  going  through  him  for  every 
thing  he  had.  One  of  them  tried  to  kill  him  with  his  bayonet, 
but  a  lieutenant  interfered  and  saved  his  life.  He  was  entirely 
helpless,  or  else  the  Johnnie  who  tried  to  kill  him  would  have 
had  quite  a  contract  on  his  hands. 

Aleck  Powell,  the  First  Sergeant  of  F  Company,  Twenty- 
third  Pennsylvania,  when  the  roll  was  called  after  the  charge 
at  Cold  Harbor,  was  among  the  missing.  During  the  truce  to 
bury  the  dead,  John  Carrigan  of  the  company,  one  of  the  detail, 
came  in  with  a  first  sergeant's  sash  and  pocket  knife  and  it 
was  supposed  to  be  Powell's.  He  was  marked  killed,  and  his 


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161 


father  and  mother  were  notified  at  Philadelphia.  They  held 
a  mock  funeral  at  the  little  church  in  Germantown,  his  father 
afterwards  collecting  his  pay  accounts  to  date  of  death.  The 
following  July  the  Sixth  Corps  was  ordered  into  the  Shenan- 
doah  Valley.  Carrigan  who  supposed  he  had  buried  Powell 
was  on  wagon  guard,  which  was  corralled  by  Mosby  and  was 
held  as  a  prisoner  of  war  until  all  were  released  at  Ander- 
sonville.  Passing  around  among  the  prisoners,  he  came  across 
Powell,  to  whom  he  explained  how  he  had  buried  him  and 
his  people  had  mourned  him  for  dead.  Powell  told  how  he  had 
crossed  the  works  and  was  shot,  falling  into  the  rebel  trenches, 
where  he  was  captured.  On  reaching  home,  his  identity  was 
established  and  he  was  discharged  on  April  27,  1865,  to  date 
from  September  8,  1864,  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service. 

When  the  army  crossed  the  James,  the  regiment  was  put 
aboard  the  transport  Cauliflower.  On  the  upper  deck  was  a 
skylight.  Looking  down  through  it,  they  found  a  contraband 
cooking  some  ham  for  the  offi 
cers'  mess.  Being  short  of 
rations  they  conceived  a  plan  to 
get  the  ham  ;  they  tried  to  get 
the  cook  to  open  the  door  but 
he  was  instructed  to  keep  it 
closed.  They  then  unscrewed 
the  skylight  and  had  one  of  the 
drummer  boys,  with  two  caps, 
ready  to  be  lowered  down  by 
the  feet,  to  grab  the  ham.  One 
of  the  boys  began  pounding 
on  the  door  exciting  the  cook, 
who  turned  round  with  the 
words,  "  Go  away,  dah,  stop 
you  nosin."  Quickly  the  sky 
light  was  opened,  and  the 
drummer  lowered  down  by  the  heels  grabbed  the  pan,  and  was 
soon  up  on  deck.  When  the  cook  turned  around  he  found  the 
pan  missing,  and  rushing  out  of  the  room,  met  one  of  the  offi 
cers  who  asked  what  was  the  matter.  "  'Fore  God,  boss,  I  was 
frying  dat  ham,  the  boys  was  pesterin'  me,  and  when  I  turned 
round  to  tend  to  de  ham,  the  ham  and  pan  clean  done  gone." 


* 


H.  M.  DAVENPORT, 
Co.  A. 


162  HISTORY   OF   THE   TWENTY-THIRD    REGIMENT 


Petersburg — Fort  Stevens  and  SHenandoaH 

Valley    Campaign 

1864 

AFTER  the  affair  at  Fort  Stevens  the  Sixth  Corps  followed 
Early  up  the  Shenandoah  Valley  and  as  he  was  on  his 
way  back  to  Richmond,  the  corps  came  back  to  Washington. 
While  awaiting  transports  to  Petersburg  the  corps  was  paid 
off,  everybody  going  into  the  city.  One  of  the  adventures  of 
the  visitation  to  Washington  after  being  paid  off,  was  that  of  a 
lieutenant  and  eight  men  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania 
making  up  a  pass  for  a  sergeant  and  men.  Buying  a  long 
nankeen  duster,  to  cover  up  the  officer's  uniform,  they  struck 
for  the  town,  being  hailed  several  times  by  the  provost  guard, 
who  examined  the  pass  and  found  it  correct.  About  4  P.  M.  one 
of  the  officers  of  the  provost  advised  them,  that  if  they  wanted 
to  stay  in  the  city  after  sun-down,  they  had  better  have  the  pass 
countersigned  by  the  Provost  Marshal.  Selecting  Joe  Atkinson 
to  face  the  music,  they  started  for  the  Marshal's  office,  where 
they  all  sat  down  on  the  curb-stone  opposite,  while  Atkinson 
got  in  line  with  the  natty  sergeants  from  the  fortifications,  who 
were  having  the  passes  countersigned  for  their  commands.  He 
soon  came  out  shaking  the  pass  stating  that  when  it  came  his 
turn  the  Marshal  questioned  him  very  closely  and  suggested  it 
was  strange  that  he  should  be  sent  to  have  a  pass  countersigned. 
Joe,  in  his  bland  way,  explained  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Pro 
vost,  that  the  corps  had  orders  to  move  at  daylight  the  next 
day,  and  the  seal  was  affixed.  This  made  it  good  for  all 
hours  of  the  night,  so  the  boys  took  in  the  Louisiana  Varieties 
and  other  places  of  amusement.  Time  and  time  again,  was  the 
pass  examined  and  found  "•  O.  K."  About  daylight  they  struck 
for  camp,  in  time  to  go  along  with  the  corps. 

Joe  Smith,  of  Company  A,  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania, 
was  shaving  Sergeant-Major  Frank  Maguigan,  one  day  in  the 
Shenandoah  Valley,  when  the  Rebs  suddenly  charged  and 
drove  the  pickets  in.  The  boys,  in  rallying,  stole  Smithey's 
razor  and  for  ten  days  Maguigan  had  to  go  around  with  one 
side  of  his  face  shaved,  as  nobody  could  find  a  razor,  and  there 
wasn't  a  barber  shop  within  50  miles. 


164  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 

After  the  fight  at  Fort  Stevens,  Jubal  Early  retreated  up 
the  Shenandoah  Valley,  followed  by  the  Sixth  Corps  until 
they  were  recalled  to  go  back  to  Petersburg.  Early  finding 
the  Sixth  Corps  was  on  its  way  to  rejoin  the  Army  of  the 

Potomac,  turned  and  drove 
Crook  out  of  the  valley.  Gen 
eral  Grant  then  decided  to 
clean  the  valley  out,  and  pre 
vent  further  attempts  of  in 
vasion  of  the  North,  so  he  sent 
Sheridan  with  his  cavalry  to 
take  charge  of  all  the  troops, 
consisting  of  the  Cavalry 
Corps,  Sixth  Corps  under 
General  Wright ;  the  Eight 
Corps,  under  General  Crook, 
and  the  Nineteenth  Corps 
under  General  Emroy,  he  con- 

WM.  GREEN,  centrating   them   at  Charles- 

sergeant  co.  F.  town,  Va.,  General  Jubal  Early 

commanding  the  Confederate  forces  concentrating  his  troops 
at  Winchester,  Va. 

Both  armies  were  about  evenly  matched,  each  having 
about  36,000  infantry,  cavalry  and  artillery.  There  was  march 
ing  and  countermarching,  advance  and  counter  advance,  then  a 
demonstration  and  fall  back  from  Winchester  to  Harper's 
Ferry.  These  movements  were  received  with  great  discontent  at 
the  North.  The  campaign  for  the  Presidential  election  being 
near  at  hand,  gold  rising  higher  and  higher,  President  Lincoln 
became  uneasy  and  wrote  Grant  one  of  his  wisest  letters. 
These  mutterings  caused  Grant  to  visit  Sheridan  at  Charles- 
town,  with  the  intention  of  giving  him  a  plan  of  battle,  but 
he  found  Sheridan  so  ready  to  move  that  he  gave  no  plan  or 
order  whatever,  except  the  authority  to  "  Go  in." 

Sheridan,  had  been  feeling  the  enemy  to  demonstrate 
what  forces  he  was  about  to  contend  with,  as  conflicting 
reports  were  coming  in  from  his  scouts,  such  as  divisions  be 
ing  sent  back  to  Lee  ;  that  Longstreet's  Corps  was  on  its  way 
to  Early,  asked  General  Crook,  Commander  of  the  Eighth 
Corps,  who  had  campaigned  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley 
and  knew  most  all  its  people,  if  there  was  not  some  one  in 


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*a*         J2L f* 


Winchester  from  whom  they  could  get  reliable  information. 
Crook  suggested  Miss  Rebecca  I.  Wright  a  young  Quaker 
lady  residing  in  Winchester.  She  was  a  staunch  Union 
woman  and  will  ever  be  known  as  the  Loyal  Girl  of  Winches 
ter.  She  was  then  teaching  a 
very  small  school  at  their  home, 
where  she  resided  with  her 
mother  and  sister,  who  was  a 
most  intense  sympathizer  of 
the  Confederacy,  her  old  father, 
having  died  while  a  prisoner  of 
war  in  Confederate  hands. 

The  chief  of  scouts  who 
was  sent  by  General  Sheridan 
to  find  some  one  to  deliver  a  let 
ter  to  Becky  Wright,  brought 
a  colored  man  to  Sheridan's 
headquarters,  who  after  ques 
tioning  him  as  to  how  he  was 
to  get  into  the  town,  gave  him 
the  following  letter  : 

September  15,  1864. 

I  learn  from  Major-General  Crook  that  you  are  a  loyal  lady  and 
still  love  the  flag. 

Can  you  inform  me  of  the  position  of  Early' s  forces,  the  number 
of  divisions  in  his  army,  and  the  strength  of  all  or  any  of  them,  and 
his  probable  or  reported  intentions.  Have  any  more  troops  arrived 
from  Richmond  or  are  any  more  coming,  or  reported  to  be  coming  ? 
I  am  very  repectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

P.   H.   SHERIDAN, 
Major-General  Commanding. 
You  can  trust  the  bearer. 


LOYAL  GIRL  OF   WINCHESTER, 
Rebecca  Wright,  now  Bonsall. 


She  states  that  about  noon  of  September  i6th,  as  her 
four  scholars  were  dismissed,  her  mother  answering  a  knock 
at  the  door  found  a  colored  man,  who  asked  for  Miss  Wright. 
As  there  were  two  Misses  Wright,  she  wanted  to  know  which 
one  and  he  replied,  "Miss  Becky."  As  he  passed  into  the  front 
room,  where  she  was  and  which  was  used  as  her  schoolroom, 


166  HISTORY   OF   THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


he  locked  the  door  and  holding  up  his  hand,  said  "  don't  be 
alarmed  Miss  Becky,  I  have  a  dispatch  from  General  Sheridan," 
and  pulling  it  out  of  his  mouth,  wrapped  in  tin  foil  handed  it 
to  her  with  the  remark  that  he  knew  she  would  answer  it  and 
he  would  call  for  the  answer  at  3  o'clock  and  be  sure  to  wrap 
it  in  the  tin  foil  again  so  he  could  carry  it  in  his  mouth.  When  he 
was  gone,  she  was  so  surprised  and  alarmed,  she  did  not  know 
how  to  act,  thinking  perhaps  it  was  some  trick  of  the  Con 
federates  to  get  her  into  trouble,  as  she  had  been  held  under 
a  cloud  for  three  years  being  in  sympathy  with  the  Union 
cause. 

After   reading    the    letter  she  went  to  consult  her  mother, 

what  best  to  do,  who  wanting 
to  know  if  she  had  the  informa 
tion,  and  being  told  yes,  re 
marked,  "  Well,  no  doubt,  you 
can  trust  the  colored  man." 

It  so  happened  that  there 
was  a  Confederate  officer, 
wounded  and  convalescent, 
boarding  with  one  of  her  neigh 
bors,  and  two  evenings  before 
had  made  a  call  at  the  house. 
They,  of  course,  entertained 
him,  and  during  the  evening 
here  the  conversation  turned 
upon  the  war,  and  more  espec- 


GEORGE  CRAWFORD,  ially  the  state  of  affairs  directly 

around    them.     He    described 

the  situation  from  his  standpoint,  how  many  troops  they  had 
and  what  they  most  relied  upon,  she  asking  questions  without 
any  purpose  except  to  keep  up  the  conversation  and  he  answer 
ing  freely,  so  that  when  the  colored  man  returned,  she  gave 
him  the  information,  number  of  troops,  their  situations  and  the 
fact  that  some  had  been  called  off  for  services  elsewhere,  in 
fact,  just  what  Sheridan  wanted  to  know  and  expressed  regrets 
that  she  could  not  give  more  information,  but  would  try  to 
gather  more  for  him,  if  he  would  send  the  messenger  back  in 
a  day  or  two. 

The  colored  man  placed  the  note  wrapped  in  tin  foil  in 
his  mouth  and   left  the  house,  all   day  Saturday  and  Sunday, 


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167 


she  wondered  what  had  become  of  the  messenger  and  what 
would  be  the  result  of  her  note. 

When  on  Monday,  the  iQth,  she  was  awakened  at  day 
light  by  the  booming  of  cannon,  her  first  thought  was  whether 
her  note  had  anything  to  do  with  it.  It  was  a  terrible  battle 
all  day  long,  they  taking  refuge  in  the  cellar.  As  the  rumbling 
of  the  battle  grew  fainter  and  fainter,  she  went  to  the  first 
floor,  could  see  nothing  but  the  wounded  and  stragglers  pass 
ing  along  the  streets,  nothing  from  the  second  floor,  but  from 
the  garret  window,  she  saw  the  old  American  Flag  coming  into 
the  town.  She  dropped  on  her  knees  and  offered  a  most 
fervent  prayer,  and  running  down  stairs,  calling  out  the 
Yankees  are  coming.  Soon 
was  heard  clattering  of  sabres 
on  the  doorstep  and  as  she 
opened  the  door  in  the 
twilight,  she  saw  two  officers, 
one  of  whom  she  recognized 
as  General  Crook,  who  intro 
duced  her  to  the  other,  Gen 
eral  Sheridan.  He  warmly 
shook  her  by  the  hand,  ask 
ing  her  if  she  was  Becky 
Wright,  telling  her  it  was 
upon  her  information  that  he 
fought  the  battle,  thanking 
her  earnestly,  saying  he 
would  never  forget  her  cour 
age  and  patriotism.  She 
begged  of  him  never  to  speak  of  it  as  her  life  would  be  in 
danger  when  the  Union  troops  went  away.  Sheridan  replied, 
that  the  Confederates  would  never  come  back,  and  passing  into 
the  school  room,  wrote  on  her  desk  the  following  despatch  to 
Secretary  Stanton  : 

"  We  have  just  sent  the  rebels  whirling  through  Win 
chester,  and  are  after  them  to-morrow."  The  country  was 
electrified,  gold  took  a  tumble.  As  Grant  said :  Sheridan 
was  entitled  to  all  the  credit  for  his  great  victory.  It  es 
tablished  him  in  the  confidence  of  the  President  and  Secretary 
of  War,  as  a  commander  to  be  trusted  in  the  management  of 
troops  under  him.  Before  that,  while  they  highly  appreciated 


JOSEPH  AND  WM.  McKINNEY, 
Co.  E. 


168 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


him  as  a  commander  to  execute,  they  felt  a  little  nervous  about 
giving  him  too  much  discretion.  His  army  fought  the  battles 
of  Opequan  or  Winchester,  Fisher  Hill  and  Cedar  Creek,  de 
stroying  Early's  army,  and  ever  after  closing  the  Shenandoah 
Valley  as  a  highway  to  the  invasion  of  the  North. 

Miss  Wright  continued 
to  live  quietly  in  Winchester, 
until  1867.  No  one  suspected 
her;  they  knew  nothing  'of  the 
matter,  until  she  received  the 
following  letter  from  General 
Sheridan. 

"Headquarters 
Department  of  Gulf, 

"New  Orleans, 
January  7,  1867. 
"  My  dear  Miss  Wright  : 

'  'You  are  probably  not  aware 
of  the  service  you  rendered  the 
Union  cause  by  the  information 
you  sent  me  by  the  colored  man  a 
few  days  before  the  Opequan  on 
September  19,  1864.  It  was  on 
this  information  the  battle  was  fought  and  probably  won.  The  col 
ored  man  gave  the  note  rolled  up  in  tin  foil  to  the  scout,  who 
awaited  him  at  Millwood. 

'  'The  colored  man  had  carried  it  in  his  mouth  to  that  point,  and 
delivered  it  to  the  scout,  who  brought  it  to  me.  By  this  note  I  be 
came  aware  of  the  true  condition  of  affairs,  inside  of  the  enemy's  lines, 
and  gave  directions  for  the  attack. 

"I  will  always  remember  this  courageous  and  patriotic  action  of 
yours  with  gratitude,  and  beg  you  to  accept  the  watch  and  chain 
which  I  send  you  by  General  J.  Forsythe  as  a  memento  of  September 
19,  1864." 


WILLIAM    L.  UBER, 
Co.  H. 


This  letter  getting  into  the  Valley  papers,  most  of  the 
community  were  wild  with  indignation,  but  the  war  was  over, 
and  they  could  do  her  no  injury,  but  they  showed  their  dis 
like  in  many  ways.  Finally  in  1869  General  Grant  had  her 
appointed  to  a  position  in  the  Treasury  Department  at 
Washington. 


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169 


Up  to  the  year  1891,  the  colored  man  that  carried  the 
despatch,  had  not  been  found,  although  every  effort  had  been 
made  to  find  him.  That  year  the  survivors  of  the  Sixth  Corps, 
dedicated  a  monumentat  Winchester  to  General  David  A.  Rus 
sell,  who  was  killed  in  that  action  and  while  there,  started  a 
search  to  find  the  missing  colored  man.  He  was  found  and 
proved  to  be  Tom  Laws  of  Berry ville,  who  in  1864  belonged 
to  a  Mr.  Clarke  who  resided  in  Winchester  and  who  was 
privileged  to  go  into  the  town  twice  a  week  with  produce 
from  his  master's  farm.  He  was  brought  on  to  Washington  and 
was  finally  identified  by  Mrs.  Bonsall  (Miss  Wright)  who  took 
him  to  the  War  Department  and  took  affidavit  of  identity 
which  is  now  on  file.  At  this  time  the  faithful  messenger  was  78 
years  of  age,  never  had  lived  in  a  city,  and  while  a  position 
was  offered  him  for  the  balance  of  his  life,  he  refused,  as  he 
was  then  living  with  his  grandchildren  and  doing  well  and 
contented. 

When  the  Twenty-third  was  on  its  way  home  for  muster- 
out,  many  of  the  boys  were  riding  on  top  of  the  freight  cars. 
As  they  neared  Philadelphia 
below  Gray's  Ferry  Bridge, 
James  McGinnis  of  Company 
G  was  accidentally  killed  by 
being  struck  on  the  head  as  the 
train  passed  under  a  bridge. 
What  a  sad  home-coming  it 
was  to  his  people  who  awaited 
him  at  the  depot  ! 

The  citizens  of  Philadelphia 
who  had  been  supplying  the 
troops  en  route  to  Washington 
in  order  to  provide  for  their 
better  entertainment  organized 
May  26,  1861.  The  Cooper 
Shop  Volunteer  Refreshment 
Committee,  opened  a  saloon  in 

the  cooper  shop  of  the  Cooper  Brothers,  Prime  street  (now 
Washington  Avenue)  below  Front  street,  and  a  similar  organi 
zation,  the  Union  Volunteer  Refreshment  Saloon,  was  opened 
on  May  27,  1861  in  a  boat  shop  and  riggers'  office  S.  W.  Cor. 


RICHARD  A.  GRIFFITH, 
Lieutenant  Co.  D. 


170 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


ANDREW  J.  ALBANY,     JAMES  KELL\ 
Corporals,  Co.  D. 


Prime  (now  Washington  Avenue)  and  Swanson  streets.  These 
places  of  entertainment  could  provide  2,500  at  one  setting  and 
had  facilities  to  ration  30,000  daily.  This  generous  hospitality 
was  maintained  during  the  four  years  of  the  war.  At  all  hours 
^^^^^^^^mm}  of  the  day  and  night  the  fire 
bells  of  the  neighborhood 
^\  would  bring  the  people  to 

\«*:  these  saloons   to    care  for  the 

soldiers    passing    through    the 
city.     Formal    expressions    of 
thanks  were  extended    by   the 
President  of  the  United  States, 
Hip    p    Governors    of    the    States    of 
^^^M^    Maine,  New    Hampshire,   Ver- 
** \M.  <JB  mont,  Connecticut,  Massachus 

etts,  Rhode  Island,  New  York, 
New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania 
for  their  liberal  hospitality. 
This  volunteer  work,  the  free 
gift  of  its  citizens,  gave  to 
Philadelphia  a  national  reputation  for  patriotism  and  hospi 
tality. 

The  following  members  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania 
were  honored  by  promotion  in  other  commands:  Colonel 
David  B.  Birney  was  promoted  to  Brigadier  General  and  died 
October,  1864,  while  Major  General  commanding  the  Tenth 
Army  Corps;  Colonel  Thomas  H.  Neill  promoted  to  Brigadier 
General  commanding  a  brigade  in  Sixth  Army  Corps;  Colonel 
John  Ely  promoted  to  Brigadier  General  United  States  Vol 
unteers,  commanding  brigade  in  Veteran  Reserve  Corps;  Major 
George  C.  Spear  was  promoted  to  Lieutenant  Colonel  Sixty-first 
Pennsylvania  and  was  killed  while  Colonel  commanding  same 
regiment  at  Marye's  Heights,  May  3,  1863;  Lieutenant  John 
W.  Crosby  Company  A  was  promoted  to  Captain  in  Sixty-first 
Pennsylvania,  wounded  at  Fort  Stevens  and  killed  while  Lieu 
tenant  Colonel  commanding  the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  at  the 
assault  of  lines  at  Petersburg,  April  2,  1865;  Arthur  F.  Keene, 
Lieutenant  Company  B  was  promoted  to  First  Lieutenant 
Company  I  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania;  Captain  Geo. 
W.  Mindil  was  promoted  to  Colonel  of  the  Thirty -third  New 


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Jersey  and  Brevet  Major  General  United  States  Volunteers; 
Captain  Wm.  Clark  Company  E  was  promoted  Major  of 
the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania;  Sergeant  Stephen  Palmore 
Company  H  promoted  to  Captain  Company  I  Eighty- 
second  Pennsylvania;  Sergeant  Casper  Miller,  Company  F 
promoted  to  First  Lieutenant  Company  E  Eighty-second 
Pennsylvania,  Lieutenant  Henry  G.  Fritsch  was  promoted  to 
Captain  Company  F  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania;  Captain 
James  Gwyn  Company  F,  commissioned  Lieutenant  Colo 
nel  One  Hundred  and  Eighteenth  Pennsylvania  promoted  to 
Colonel,  wounded  at  Wilderness  and  discharged  at  close  of 
war  Brevet  Brigadier  General  and  Brevet  Major  General  United 
States  Volunteers;  First  Sergeant  William  R.  Peddle  Company 
B  was  commissioned  Lieutenant  One  Hundred  and  Fifty- 
seventh  Pennsylvania  promoted  to  Captain,  wounded  at  Peb 
ble's  Farm  1864;  Sergeant  Charles  M.  Young  Company  F  com 
missioned  Second  Lieutenant  One  Hundred  and  Eighteenth 
Pennsylvania,  promoted  to  Captain,  killed  at  Chapin  Farm 
1864;  Private  Albert  Walters,  Company  B  commissioned 
Second  Lieutenant  Company  K  One  Hundred  and  Eigh 
teenth  Pennsylvania,  discharged  as  Brevet  Major;  Sergeant 
John  Reen  Company  G  pro 
moted  Captain  Company  K 
Eighty-second  Pennsylvania ; 
Second  Lieutenant  Frank 
Taylor  Company  G  promoted 
to  Captain  Company  H 
Eighty- second  Pennsylvania, 
wounded  Sailor's  Creek;  Lieu 
tenant  James  H.  House,  Com 
pany  G  promoted  to  First 
Lieutenant  Company  H 
Eighty-second  Pennsylvania; 
Sergeant  George  P.  Mitchell, 
Company  D  promoted  Sec 
ond  Lieutenant  Company  H 
Eighty-second  Pennsylvania; 
Sergeant  Wm.  H.  Myers,  Company  I  promoted  First  Lieu 
tenant  Company  K  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  killed  at 
Sailor's  Creek,  April  6,  1865;  First  Sergeant  Russell  P.  How 
ard,  Company  I  promoted  Second  Lieutenant  Company  K 


DAVID   COLVILLE, 
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Eighty-second  Pennsylvania  ;  Corporal  John  McKernon  Com 
pany  A  promoted  Second  Lieutenant  Company  F  Eighty-sec 
ond  Pennsylvania,  died  April  18,  1865,  of  wounds  received  at 
Petersburg,  April  2,  1865. 

One  of  the  most  patriotic  bodies  who  rallied  to  the  sup 
port  of  the  government  during  the  Civil  War  was  the  Philadel 
phia  Fire  Department,  nearly  all  its  members,  or  adherents  of 
its  companies  enlisted  in  the  army  or  navy,  they  being  repre 
sented  in  every  regiment  that  was  recruited  in  the  city,  as  well 
as  by  marines  and  sailors  on  board  vessels  that  were  fitted  out 
at  the  old  navy  yard,  at  the  foot  of  Federal  street. 

The  Hibernia  Engine  Company  that  stood  on    Evelina 

street,  (now  Locust  street) 
below  Third,  seeing  the  neces 
sity  for  service  at  the  Capitol, 
in  the  protection  of  the  arch 
ives  of  the  government,  vol 
untarily  extended  their  ser 
vice,  which  was  accepted  and 
with  men  and  apparatus,  was 
stationed  in  Washington  dur 
ing  the  entire  war ;  those  who 
remained  at  home,  inaugu 
rated  a  volunteer  ambulance 
service  and  were  very  active 
in  conveying  the  sick  and 
wounded  soldiers  from  the 


JAMES  McGINNIS, 
Co.  E.     Regimental  Marker. 


depots  to  the  hospitals.  These 
ambulances  were  large  and 
comfortable,  being  works  of  art  as  to  construction  and  finish. 
Each  fire  company,  with  that  proverbial  pride,  vied  with  each 
other  to  have  the  finest.  They  were  built,  manned,  equipped 
and  operated  without  charge,  being  backed  up  by  the  volunteer 
contributions  of  the  friends  and  ladies  in  their  respective  neigh 
borhoods.  The  following  companies  housed  these  ambu 
lances  : 

ENGINE   COMPANIES. 

Delaware,  Southwark,  Washington,  Weccacoe,  Diligent, 
Philadelphia  (2),  Assistance,  America,  Fairmount,  Northern 
Liberty,  United  States,  Vigilant,  Good  Intent,  Globe,  Mechanic, 


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Decatur,  Fellowship  (2),   Monroe,  Good  Will  (2),  West  Phila 
delphia. 

HOSE   COMPANIES. 

Franklin,  Hope,  Southwark,  Western,  Philadelphia,  Good 
Will,  Neptune,  Cohocksink,  Kensington,  Independence,  North 
ern  Liberty,  West  Philadelphia. 

In  1864,  during  the  great  Sanitary  Fair,  held  at  Logan 
Square,  1 8th  and  Race  streets,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Sanitary 
Commission,  a  patriotic  body,  that  looked  after  the  welfare  of 
the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers,  in  which  over  a  million  of  dol 
lars  was  realized,  the  firemen  took  quite  an  interest.  Among 
the  many  ventures  was  a  contest  for  a  fire  horn,  many  of  the 


AMBULANCE. 
Good  Will  Engine  Co. 

boys  in  the  service  sending  home  their  mite,  for  votes  of  their 
favorite  company,  the  winner  being  the  Good  Will  Engine 
Company,  Race  street,  below  Broad  street. 

Upon  the  return  of  the  regiments  at  the  close  of  the  war, 
nearly  all  were  received  and  welcomed  home  by  a  parade  of 
the  fire  companies  and  it  was  generally  quite  a  long  route,  as 
they  wanted  to  take  their  guests  through  each  neighborhood, 
so  they  could  spring  their  bells  and  have  their  ladies — God 


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ROBERT   BOVD, 
Co.  I. 


bless  them — who  worked  so  hard  while  the  boys  were  away,  join 
in  the  welcome  as  "  Johnnie  Came  Marching  Home."  We  are 
pleased  to  note  that  nearly  all  the  ninety-seven  volunteer  fire 
companies  of  Philadelphia  had  representatives  in  the  field  and 

staff  and   rank  and  file  of    the 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania. 

The  Twenty-third  Pennsyl 
vania  had  the  honor  to  serve 
in  the  following  commands  dur 
ing  its  three  months'  service  : 
General  George  H. 
Thomas'  Brigade,  General 
George  Cadwallader's  Divi 
sion,  General  Robert  Patter 
son's  Army,  General  Winfield 
Scott,  Commander-in-Chief.  It 
was  present  at  Falling  Waters, 
participating  in  the  campaigns 
of  that  army,  and  during  its 
three  years'  service  in  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac  was  in  General  L.  Pike  Graham's  Brigade,  Gen 
eral  Don  Carlos  Buell's  Division  and  upon  the  formation  of  the 
Army  Corps,  it  was  assigned  to  General  Abercrombie's  Brig 
ade,  General  Darius  X.  Couch  Division,  General  Erastmus 
D.  Keyes,  Fourth  Corps,  Army  of  the  Potomac,  General 
George  B.  McClellan,  commanding.  When  this  Corps  was 
divided,  its  division,  Couch's,  continued  with  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac.  When  the  Sixth  Corps  was  organized  it  became 
part  of  the  First  Brigade,  General  John  Cochrane,  Third  Div 
ision,  General  John  Xewton,  Sixth  Corps,  General  Wm.  F. 
Smith,  thence  First  Brigade,  General  Alexander  Shaler,  Third 
Division,  General  Henry  D.  Terry,  Sixth  Corps,  General  John 
Sedgwick,  thence  Fourth  Brigade,  Colonel  Xelson  Cross,  First 
Division,  General  David  A.  Russell,  Sixth  Corps,  General 
Horatio  G.  Wright. 

The  Fourth  Corps,  while  the  Twenty-third  served  in  it, 
was  composed  of  Couch's,  Smith's  and  Casey's  Divisions. 
On  May  18,  1862,  General  Smith's  Division  was  detached  and 
assigned  to  the  Sixth  Corps,  then  being  organized.  The 
regiment  participated  while  in  this  Corps  on  the  Peninsula 


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campaign,  in  the  actions  of  Warwick  Court  House  or  York- 
town,  Williamsburg,  Fair  Oaks,  White  Oak  Swamp,  Charles 
City  Cross  Roads,  Turkey  Bend  and  Malvern  Hill  and  was 
present  at  second  Malvern  Hill.  When  the  army  abandoned  the 
Peninsula,  the  Fourth  Corps  was  divided,  Couch's  Division 
continuing  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  as  an  independent 
division  and  was  present  at  Chantilly.  While  the  division 
was  present  at  the  action  of  South  Mountain  and  Antietam 
the  regiment  was  on  detached  duty  guarding  the  fords  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Monocacy,  where  Lee  had  crossed  the  Potomac. 
After  the  Antietam  campaign,  Couch's  Division  entire  was 
assigned  to  the  Sixth  Corps,  becoming  the  Third  Division, 
General  John  Xewton,  commanding,  General  Couch  being 
promoted  to  the  command  of  the  Second  Corps,  General 
Franklin  being  promoted  to  command  of  the  Left  Grand 
Division,  composed  of  the  Sixth  Corps  and  First  Corps,  and 
General  Wm.  M.  Smith  (Baldy)  promoted  to  the  command  of 
the  Sixth  Corps.  The  regiment  participated  with  the  Corps 
at  Fredericksburg,  Marye's  Heights,  Salem  Church,  Gettys 
burg,  Funkstown,  Rappahan- 
nock  Station  and  Mine  Run. 
After  the  Gettysburg  cam 
paign  the  division  was  com 
manded  by  General  Henry 
D.  Terry. 

In  March,  1864,  the  old 
Third  Divison  was  broken  up, 
the  brigade  now  commanded 
by  General  Shaler  was  trans 
ferred  to  the  First  Division, 
General  Horatio  G.  Wright  ; 
the  other  two  brigades  were 
assigned  to  the  Second  Divi 
sion,  while  the  Third  Division 
of  the  Third  Corps,  which  was 
broken  up,  took  its  place  as 
the  Third  Division,  General 
Ricketts,  of  the  Sixth  Corps.  The  regiment  was  on  detached 
duty  from  January  to  May,  1864,  when  it  rejoined  the  army, 
participating  with  the  Fourth  Brigade  ;  Colonel  Nelson  Cross, 
First  Division ;  General  David  B.  Russell,  Sixth  Corps ; 


CHARLES  F.  HUBER. 
Corporal  Co.  A. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


General  Horatio  G.  Wright,  in  the  actions  at  North  Anna,  Han- 
overtown,  Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg,  until  July  9,  1864,  Fort 
Stevens,  D.  C,  and  Shenandoah  Valley  campaign  until  Aug 
ust,  1864,  when  ordered  home  for  muster  out 

The  original  Fourth  Corps,  during  the  short  period  of  its 

existence,  made  a  most  gallant 
record,  its  two  divisions, 
Casey's  and  Couch's,  bore  the 
brunt  of  the  fighting  at  Fair 
Oaks,  while  its  Couch's  Divi 
sion  was  the  left  centre  of  that 
hard  fought  battle  at  Malvern 
Hill,  where  it  withstood  the  re 
peated  assaults  of  some  of  the 
best  divisions  in  the  Army  of 
Northern  Virginia. 

The  record  of  the  Sixth 
Corps  was  a  most  brilliant  one. 
It  took  Crampton's  Pass  in  the 
South  Mountain  fight,  swept 
the  heights  at  Marye's,  took 
everything  in  sight  at  Rappa- 
hannock  Station,  wras  in  the  deadly  fighting  in  the  Wilderness, 
crossed  the  works  to  the  enemy's  second  line  at  Spottsylvania, 
saved  the  national  capital  at  Fort  Stevens,  assisted  in  clearing 
the  Shenandoah  Valley  out  in  the  actions  at  Opequan  or 
Winchester,  Fisher  Hill  and  Cedar  Creek,  crossed  the  works 
at  Petersburg,  April  2,  1865,  sweeping  right  and  left  within 
the  lines,  with  Sheridan's  Cavalry  crushed  Lee's  rear  at  Sailor's 
Creek,  April  7,  1865,  capturing  7000  of  the  enemy.  After  the 
surrender  of  Lee,  it  was  detached  from  the  army  and  sent  to  help 
do  up  Johnson.  When  they  reached  Danville,  found  that 
Sherman  had  completed  that  work,  and  were  ordered  to  Wash 
ington  for  the  grand  review,  arriving  too  late  co  take  part  in  that 
grand  event,  so  they  had  a  special  review  of  their  owri.  General 
Walker,  the  historian  of  the  Second  Corps,  calls  the  wearers  of 
the  Greek  Cross,  the  old  Guard  of  the  Army,  while  Colonel 
Wm.  F.  Fox,  who  served  in  the  Twelfth  Corps,  historian  of 
regimental  losses,  Civil  War,  has  this  to  say:  "  The  history  of  the 
Sixth  Corps,  more  than  any  other  is  replete  with  fascinating 
interest.  Its  record  is  invested  with  more  of  the  romance  and 


DAVID  H.  UBER, 
Co.  H. 


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brilliancy  of  war,  while  its  veteran  legions  wrought  deeds 
which  linked  the  badge  of  the  Corps,  the  Greek  Cross,  with  an 
unfading  glory  and  renown." 

All  survivors  of  the  old  Sixth  Corps,  no  doubt,  would  if 
they  had  the  opportunity,  take  off  their  hats  for  their  kind 
tributes. 

The  Army  of  the  Potomac,  of  which  the  regiment  was 
part,  was  commanded  by  General  George  B.  McClellan  from 
its  organization  until  November,  1862,  then  by  General  Am 
brose  E.  Burnside  to  1863  ;  then  by  General  Joseph  Hooker  until 
June,  1863  ;  then  by  General  George  G.  Meade  until  its 
muster  out  in  1865.  The  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  United 
States  armies  during  that  period  was  General  Winneld  Scott 
in  1 86 1,  General  Hallack  to  May,  1864,  and  General  U.  S.  Grant 
to  the  close  of  the  war. 

The  original  brigade  in  which  the  Twenty-third  Penn 
sylvania  served  was  composed  of  the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania, 
Eighty-second  (or  Thirty-first  Pennsylvania),  Sixty-fifth  (The 
Chasseurs),  Sixty-seventh  (First  Long  Island) — September, 
1862, — the  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-second  New  York  was 
added  while  the  brigade  was 
bivouacked  at  Ofutt's  Cross 
Roads  on  the  Maryland  Cam 
paign.  Upon  the  reorganiza 
tion  of  the  army  under  General 
Hooker  in  1863,  the  Sixty-first 
Pennsylvania,  was  detached  as 
part  of  the  Light  Brigade,  and 
ever  afterwards  remained  in 
the  Third  Brigade  of  the  Sec 
ond  Division,  Sixth  Corps. 
Upon  the  reorganization  of 
the  army  in  1864  the  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-second 
New  York  was  transferred  to 
the  Third  Brigade  of  the  Second  Division,  Sixth  Corps,  where 
they  remained  until  muster  out.  Upon  the  reorganization  of 
the  army  in  1865,  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York  was  transferred 
to  the  Second  Brigade,  First  Division,  Sixth  Corps,  so  on  the 
final  campaign  the  old  brigade  regiments  were  separated,  the 


CHARLES   HOGG, 
Co.  D. 


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Eighty-second    Pennsylvania   being    assigned    to    the   Third 
Brigade,  Sixth  Corps. 

In  the  early  days  of  the  brigade  there  was  more  or  less 
trouble  until  the  field  service  began,  when  they  became  the 

best  of  friends.  When  the 
original  term  of  service  ex 
pired,  the  veterans  and  re 
cruits  of  the  Twenty-third 
Pennsylvania  were  trans 
ferred  to  the  Eighty-second 
Pennsylvania,  while  those  of 
the  Sixty-seventh  New  York 
were  transferred  to  the  Sixty- 
fifth  New  York.  It  is  said 
that  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York 
(The  Chasseurs)  had  the 
honor  of  being  the  last  regi 
ment  of  volunteers  to  be  mus 
tered  out.  While  the  other 
regiments  of  the  brigade 
served  in  two  divisions  of  the 
Corps,  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  New  York  had 
the  honor  to  wear  the  three  colors  of  the  Greek  Cross,  having 
served  in  all  three  divisions  of  the  Sixth  Corps,  the  Sixty-first 
being  entitled  to  wear  the  colors  of  the  Third  Division,  Light 
Division,  and  Second  Division,  blue,  green,  and  white. 

The  brigade  as  an  organization  came  together  but  once 
since  the  close  of  the  war,  the  occasion  being  the  dedication  of 
their  monuments  at  Gulp's  Hill,  Gettysburg,  in  1888.  The  re 
union  was  a  most  pleasant  one. 


PATRICK    HICKEY,        WM.  J.  WRAY, 
Co.  F.     Blanket  mates,  wounded  by  same  ball. 


FIELD    AND   STAFF   AT   MUSTER   OUT. 

LIEUT.-COL.W.  J.  WALLACE  QMR.  J.  D.  CHANDLER.  MAJ.  HENRY  REESE,  JR. 

COL.   JOHN   F.   GLENN. 
ADJ.  THOS.  K.  BOGGS.  SURGEON   \VM.   C.   ROLLER.  CHAP.  REV.  J.  G.  SHINN. 


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ROLL  OF  THOSE  WHO  DIED   IN    SERVICE 

FIELD    AND    STAFF 


Maj.  General 
Major  .  -  .  . 

Surgeon  .  .  , 
Serg't  Major  . 
Band.  , 


David  B.  Birney.     Died  Dec.  13,  1864,  while  in  command  of 

loth  Army  Corps. 
George  C.    Spear.     Killed  at  Marye's  Heights  May  3,  1863, 

while  Colonel  6ist  Pa.  Infantry. 
Owen  Stille.     Died  June  22,  1862. 
Ira  Webster.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  r,  1864. 
Benjamin  Walton.     Died  August  10,  1862. 


COMPANY    A 

Lieutenant  .    .      John  W.  Crosby.     Killed  at  Petersburg  April  2,   1865,  while 

Colonel  6ist  Pa.  Infantry. 

Sergeant  .  .    .      Theo.  Bisbing.     Died  December,  1861. 
Corporal.    .    .      Sol.  Forebaugh.     Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

"        ...      John  McKernon.     Killed  at  Petersburg  April  2,  1865,  while  2d 

Lieutenant  Co.  F,  82d  Pa.  Infantry. 

"        ...      Caleb  Brickman.     Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  Nov.  30,  1861. 
Private.   .    .    .      Edward  C.  Andrews.    Died  at  Johnson's  Island  February,  1864. 
"      ....      Peter  Born.    Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 
"      ....      William  Boyd.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"      ....      John  Degroot.     Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  Dec.  24,  1861. 
"      ....      Harry  P.  Endress.     Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
"      ....      James  Kilpatrick.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"      ....      Frederick  Knocke.     Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  Dec.  19,  1861. 
"      .    .       .      J.  C.  McLawlin.     Died  August  20,  1862,  of  wounds  received  at 

Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
"      ....      Edward  McDonough.     Died  of  wounds  received  at  Fair  Oaks 

May  31,  1862. 

"      ....      John  Newcamp.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"      ....      Wm.  F.  Wills.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 


COMPANY    B 

Lieutenant.    .      Joshua  S.  Garsed.     Killed  at  Gettysburg  July  3,  1863. 
Corporal  .    .    .      Max  Lakemeyer.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

"       ...      Thomas  Habbermaker.     Killed  at  Winchester  Sept.  19,  1864. 
Private..    .    .      David  Boyd.     Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
"      ....      Michael  Divine.     Died  September  9,  1862. 
"       ....      Robert  P.  Gaw.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"       ....      Thomas  J.  Graham.     Died  while  prisoner  of  war  at  Harrison- 
burg,  Va.,  September,  1862. 
"       ....      Byron   E.  Keyser.     Accidentally  killed  at  Washington,  D.  C., 

February,   1862. 
"      ....      Wm.  J.  Kilpatrick.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 


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Private.  .    .    .  Andrew  Lang.     Died  York  Hospital,  Pa.,  November,  1864. 

"       ....  Philip  Moltzie.     Killed  Mine  Run  November  31,  1863. 

....  Thomas  H.  McCann.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

....  John  McConnell.     Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  October,  1861. 

"       ....  Henry  Ruoff.     Died  at  Falmouth,  Va.,  February  15,  1863. 

....  George  W.  Smith.     Died  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Dec.,  1861. 

....  John  F.  Weber.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  June  i,  1862. 

"       ....  Henry  Weber.     Died  Washington,  D.  C.,  December,  1861. 


COMPANY   C 

Sergeant.   .    .      John  C.  Ames.    Died  June  18,  1864,  of  wounds  received  at  Cold 

Harbor;  buried  at  Alexandria,  Va.;  grave  2172. 
.    .      John  Don  Carlisle.     Died  at  Portsmouth  June  26,  1862. 
Corporal  .  .    .      John  E.  Little.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
.    .      John  Matherson.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
.    .      Albert  G.  Russell.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
Private..    .    .      Edward  Baxter.     Killed  at  Marye's  Heights  May  3,  1863. 
"       ....      Levi  Campbell.    Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"       ...          Thomas  Earner.     Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  Jan.,  1862. 
"       ....      James  Garrigan.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 
"       ....      Thomas  Gallagher.     Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"       ....      James  Henry.     Died  while  prisoner  of  war  at  Salisbury,  N.  C., 

1864. 

"       ....      Charles  F.  Hayes.     Died  at  Camp  Graham  January,  1862. 
"       ....      Jacob  Keith.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"       ....      James  Mullen.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"       ....      Wm.  Maguire.     Died   at   Libby  Prison  of  wounds  received  at 

Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"       ....      Thomas   McCoughel.     Died  June  9,    1862  ;     buried    Cypress 

Cemetery,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 

"       ....      John  McCusker.     Died  Alexandria,  Va.,  December  15,  1862. 
"       ....       R.  McDonald.     Died  at   Andersonville,   Ga.,  April  28,  1864  ; 

grave  773. 

"       ....      James  Pringle.     Killed  Marye's  Heights  May  3,  1862. 
"       ....      Jacob  Urban.     Died  Washington,  D.  C.,  November  14,  1861  • 
buried  Military  Asylum  Cemetery. 


COMPANY  D 

Lieutenant  .    .      Benj.  S.  Thomas.     Died   at   Washington,  D.  C.,  Feb.  9,  1862. 

"  .    .      John  G.  Boyd.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

Corporal  .    .    .      Wm.  G.  Grow.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

"  .    .      Wm.  Montgomery.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

Private  ....      Wm.  J.  Allender.     Died  Johnson  Island,  January  18,  1864. 
"          ...      Robert  Allison.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
"          ...      Chas.  F.  Burnett.     Died  January  3,  1863  ;  buried  at   Military 

Asylum  Cemetery,  D.  C. 
"          ...      Edward  Donahue.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

...      Charles  Gallagher.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"          ...      Andrew  Keim,     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
Samuel  McClane.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 


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Private     .    .   .      Gerald  McHenry.     Died  July  6,  1864,  of  wounds  received  at 
Cold  Harbor  ;  buried  National  Cemetery,  Arlington,  Va. 
...      Wm.  Noble.     Killed  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 
"          ...      Geo.  Stephenson.     Died  at  Yorktown,  Va.,  May  18,  1862. 
...      Anthony  Winn.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 


COMPANY    I! 

Lieutenant  .    .  James  Johnson.     Killed  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

Sergeant.    .   .  Robert  Gordon.     Died  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January  8,  1862. 

...  John  McNeill.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

Corporal  .    .   .  John  Miller.     Died  Washington,  D.  C.,  Dec.  27,  1861. 

"        ...  James  McClung.     Died  Washington,  D.  C.,  Dec.  25,  1861. 

"        ...  Wm.  Miller.     Died  August  16,  1862,  of  wounds  received  at 

Malvern  Hill  July  i,  1862. 

"        ...  John  Dougherty.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

...  Wm.  S.  Davis.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

Private.  .    .    .  Jonah  Bendle.     Died  Washington,  D.  C.,  February  23,  1862. 

"      ....  Thomas  Brown.    Died  Bottom  Bridge,  Va.,  May  30,  1862. 

"      ....  John  A.  Burk.     Killed  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

11       ....  George  Clark.    Killed  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

"      ....  John  Carroll.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

"      ....  Robt.    Donahue.     Died  June  8,  1864,  of  wounds  received  at 

Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

"       ....  Robert  Hamilton.     Killed  front  of  Petersburg  June,  1864. 

"       ....  John  Humes.     Killed  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

"      ....  Wm.  Johnson.    Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

"...  George  Long.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

"       ....  John  Mone.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

"       ...  John  McGinnis.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

"       ....  John  McVey.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

"       ....  James  Sweeney.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

"      ....  James  Scrowl.  Died  December  3,1861;  buried  Military  Asylum 

Cemetery,  D.  C. 

"      ....  James  Scholas.    Died  December  3,  1861,  Washington,  D.  C. 

"      .-       .  John  Shelladay.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

....  Wm.  Shea.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

"      ....  Henry  Tate.     Died  June,    1862,   of  wounds  received  at  Fair 
Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 


COMPANY    F 

ist  Sergeant  .      Chas.  W.  Anderson.     Died  February  7,  1862. 

"       .    .      Frederick  Huber.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
Sergeant  .    .    .      Charles  M.  Young.     Killed  Peebles  Farm  September  31,  1864, 

while  Captain  n8th  Penna.  Infantry. 
Private..   .    .      Wm.  S.  Bristler.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

"      ....      Samuel  Fee.     Died  October   16,  1862  ;  buried  Mount  Olivet 

Cemetery,  Ferderick,  Maryland. 

"       ....      Daniel  Graham.     Died  January  25,  1864. 

"       ....      James  Hamilton.     Died  (from  wound  received  at  Cold  Harbor 
June  i,  1864)  August  21,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


183 


Private  ....      William  Kilpatrick.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
"      ....      Michael  Kennedy.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
"       ....      Jacob  Lewis.     Died  February  23,  1863. 
"       ....      James  McFadden.  Killed  Sailors' Creek  April  6,  1865,  while  in 

Company  E,  82d  Pa.  Infantry. 

....      Thomas  McCorkle.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
"      ....      John  McKissick.  Died  Andersonville  April  1 8,  1864;  grave  605. 
"      ....      Thomas  Roney.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

....      Zachariah  Shaw.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"       ....      E.Thomas.     Captured  and  died  at  Andersonville  August  30, 
1864,  of   wounds   received  at   Cold   Harbor  June  i,  1864; 
grave  7250. 
"       ....      Elias  Young.     Died  December  i,  1861. 


COMPANY   G 

Lieutenant  .    .  Thomas  J.  Armstrong.     Died  January  2,  1864. 

Sergeant.    .    .  Benton  H.  Kames.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
Corporal  .    .    .      David  Applegate.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"        ...      John  Hays.     Died  February,  1862. 

...      Wm.  Muschert.     Killed  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

Private  ....  Samuel  Artman.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

"      ....  Henry  W.  Bantom.     Died  Johnson's  Island,  January  27,  1864, 

"       ....  James  Black.     Died  June  26,  1862. 

"       ....  James   Cuskaden.     Died  wounds   received  Malvern  Hill  July 

i,  1862. 

"       ....  Wm.  H.  Clair.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

"       ....  James  Davenport.     Died  August  i,  1862. 

"      ....  Henry  Ernst.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

....  George  W.  Ewell.    Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

"       ....  William  Graham.     Died  of  wounds  received  at  Cold  Harbor. 

"       ....  Patrick  Havey.     Killed  Winchester  September  19,  1864. 

....  Mathew  Hazlett.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

"       .      .    .  James  McGinnis.     Accidentally  killed  August  25,  1864. 

"       ....  Harry  Stevens.     Died  January  20,1862. 

"      ....  Frederick  Summers.     Died  November  3,  1861. 

"       ....  John  H.  Spencer.     Killed  Marye's  Heights  May  3,  1863. 

....  John  T.  Wilson.     Killed  Marye's  Heights  May  3,  1863. 

"       ....  John  Yeager.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 


COMPANY   H 

Captain   .    .    .      James  M.  Craig.     Died  Feb.  2,  '99,  of  wounds  received  at 

Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

Color  Serg't  .      Samuel  F.  Bolton.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
Corporal .   .    .      Anthony  Schaffer.  Died  of  wounds  received  at  Cold  Harbor. 

...      John  Boyle.     Killed  Malvern  Hill  July  i,  1862. 
Private     .    .    .      John  Cronin.     Killed  accidentally  October  20,  1862. 

...      Patrick  Haley.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

"         ...      John  Landis.     Died  December  18, 1864,  of  wounds  received  at 
Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864  ;  buried  Hampton,  Va. 


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Private 


Captain 
Sergeant 


Corporal 
Private    . 


Lieutenant 
Sergeant . 
Corporal  . 


Private .  . 


Wm.  Linton.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

Cornelius  Mundy.     Died  August  19,  1862,  of  wounds  received 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

Thomas  Myers.    Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
De   Witt  C.    Palmer.     Died   December    6,    1864,   of    wounds 

received  at  Winchester  September  19,  1864. 
Howell   Reeves.     Died  Washington,  D.  C.,  February  4,  1862; 

buried  Military  Asylum  Cemetery,  D.  C. 
Adam  Schenck.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
Wm.  H.  Smith.     Died  June  28,  1864,  of  wounds  received  Cold 

Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
Wm.  Umstead.     Died  July,  1862,  of  wounds  received  at  Fair 

Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

COMPANY    I 

Henry  A.  Marchant.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

Wm.    H.   Myers.     Killed   Sailors'  Creek   April   6,  1865,  while 

Lieutenant  K,  82d  Pa.  Infantry. 
John  B.  Bowers.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
Henry  Zimmerman.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
John  E.  Brown.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
Wm.  P.  Blair.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
Edwin  C.  Brown.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
Wm.  Carpenter.     Died  February  21,  1865,  wounds  received  at 

Cold  Harbor  June   i,  1864  ;  buried  ist  Division   General 

Hospital  Cemetery,  Annapolis,  Md. 
John  Childs.     Killed  Malvern  Hill  July  i,  1862. 
John  Goodwin.     Died  in  service  ;  date  unknown. 
George  H.  Kline    Died  January  i,  1863;  buried  in  Alexandria; 

grave  653. 

George  E.  L.  Morrison.    Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
Abner  H.  Reed.     Killed  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 
Beneville  S.   Ruth.     Died  Andersonville  November   16,  1864, 

of  wounds  received  at  Cold  Harbor  ;  grave  12048. 
Geo.  H.  Seifred.     Died  of  wounds  received  at   Cold  Harbor 

June  T,  1864. 
John  Staub.     Drowned  August  18,  1861. 

COMPANY    ft 

James  G.  Williamson.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

John  C.  McLaughlin.     Died  August  6,  1862. 

Alonzo  Fugleman.     Died  May,  1863. 

John  F.  Hild.    Died  August  i,  1864,  of  wounds  received  front 

of  Petersburg. 

John  Zaun.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
John   Allen.     Died   March   10,  1862  ;  buried    Military  Asylum 

Cemetery,  D.  C. 

George  Bower.     Died  November  21,  1861. 
Thos.    C.    Beardsmore.     Died    June   6,    1864,    from   wounds 

received  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 


185 


Private  ....      Charles  H.  Bryon.     Killed  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

"      ....      Jacob  Barger.     Died  of  wounds  received  at  Petersburg  April 

27,  1865  ;  buried  at  Portsmouth  Grove,  R.  I. 
"      ....      James  G.    Cooney.     Died  June  2,  1862,  of  wounds    received 

Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

"     ....      Andrew  Caldwell.     Killed  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 
"     ....      John  Donaghy.     Killed  Winchester  September  19,  1864. 
"     ....      Edward  Eisenbarth.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"     .       .    .      Geo.  F.  Fox.     Died  January  25,  1862. 
"     ....      Wilson  Hamilton.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
"     ....      Jacob  Harp.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"     ...          Richard  Inson.     Died  June    15,   1862,    of  wounds  received   at 

Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

"     ....      Daniel  Mason.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"     ....      Wm.   McCleary.     Died  October  6,  1864,  of  wounds  received  at 

Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

"     ....      Gustavus  Oscheger.     Died  February  i,  1862. 
"     ....      Reading  Rodgers.     Died  October  6,  1862,  of   wounds  received 

at  Malvern  Hill. 

"     ....      Jacob  F.  Simon.     Killed  Sailors'  Creek  April  6,  1865. 
"     .       .          Charles  Schmitz.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"     ....      Sidney  B.  Stull.     Died  April,  1862. 
"     ....      Thomas  Umstead.     Killed  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
"     ....      Aaron  Van  Fleet.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 
"  Alexander  Williamson.     Killed  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 


186 


HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


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PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 


187 


List  of  battles  in  which  was  incurred  the  killed  and 
wounded  while  serving1  in  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania 
Volunteer  Infantry  under  head  of  original  enlistments  and 
recruits  : 


BATTLES   OR   ACTIONS 

ORIGINAL 
ENLISTMENT 

RECRUITS 

TOTALS 

KILLED 

WOUNDED 

KILLED 

WOUNDED 

KILLED 

WOUNDED 

Warwick  Creek      

37 

I 
138 

7 
3 
3 
50 

2 

59 
3 
27 

3 

2 

108 

3 
i 
140 
7 
3 
3 
50 

2 

64 

9 
30 
4 
4 
124 

2 

6 

\Villiamsburg 

Fair  Oaks 

.     .     . 

2 

37 

White  Oak  Swamp  

Charles  City  Cross  Roads  
Turkey  Bend    .    . 

.    .    . 

5 

Malvern  Hill  . 

5 

Fredericksburg              ...... 

Marye's  Heights  
Salem  Church 

4 

I 
17 

5 
6 

3 

i 

2 

16 

2 

I 

4 
i 

i 
75 
3 

Gettysburg 

i 

Funkstown       

Mine  Run            .   .           .    . 

Cold  Harbor              ...           ... 

58 
3 

Petersburg    
Picket  and  Skirmish  .    .           .... 

5 

. 

Totals  . 

98 

414 

18 

38 

126 

452 

Present  also  at  Falling  Waters,  second  battle  of  Mal 
vern  Hill,  Chantilly,  Rappahannock  Station,  North  Anna, 
Hanovertown,  Fort  Stevens,  D.  C,  Shenandoah  Valley  cam 
paign  to  August  23,  1864,  when  veterans  and  recruits  were 
transferred  to  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  the  regiment  being: 
ordered  home  for  muster  out. 


TOTAL   CASUALTIES 

Killed .    .  126 

Wounded 452 

Died  of  disease,  accidentally  killed  or  drowned  ....    59 


Total 637 


188  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


The  following  is  the  list  of  killed  and  wounded  of  those 
that  were  transferred  from  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  to 
the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  or  received  commissions  in 
other  commands : 


KILLED    OR 
DIED  OF  WOUNDS          WOUNDED 

Marye's  Heights i  i 

Gettysburg i 

Wilderness 2 

Front  of  Petersburg,  July  7,  1864  .    .  i 

Fort  Stevens i 

Winchester,  Sept.  19,  1864    ....                4  2 

Cedar  Creek          i 

Pebbles'    Farm      i 

Petersburg,  April  2,  1865 3  2 

Sailors'  Creek 3  6 

12  17 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


189 


23D   PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEERS 


YEARS'  SERVICE: 


FIELD  AND   STAFF  OFFICERS 


1  w 

DATE            > 

NAME 

RANK 

OF  MUSTER 

REMARKS 

i 

INTO  SERVICE  |  % 

i  u 

.  __,5i 

David  B.  Birney    .     Colonel .     Aug.     2,  '61 


Thomas  H.  Neill  . 
John  Ely     .... 

John  F.  Glenn   .    . 


Feb.   17, 
Oct.     7, 


'62 
'61 


3 


William  J.  Wallace 


John  E.  Collins     .     Adjutant. 
John  B.  Fassett     . 

Thomas  K.  Boggs.  | 

J.  D.  Chandler  .    .     Q.  M. 


C.  F.  H.  Campbell   Surgeon. 
A.  Owen  Stille  . 


John  McGrath    .    .   i 
G.  B.  Fundenburg. 
William  C.  Roller.   ! 


Aug.    2, 
Aug.    2, 


Oct.    29, 
Aug.    3, 


Nov.  20, 
Jan.  23, 
Aug.  31, 


Aug.    4,  '61    3 


Charles  Wilhelm  .     Lt.-Col.  .     Aug.     2,  '61    3 
George  C.  Spear  .     Major     .     Aug.    2,  '61    3 


Aug.  14,  '61    3 


Aug.  12,  '61 


1    3 
'61    3 


Sept.    2,  '61    3 


'61  !3 
'61 


'61    3 
'62    3 

'61    3 


Pr.  to  Brig. -Gen.  Feb.  17,  '62— 
to  Maj.-Gen.  May  23,  1863 — 
died  Dec.  13,  1864,  while  in 
com.  of  roth  Army  Corps. 

Pr.  to  Brig. -Gen.  Dec.  13,  1862 
— wd.  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62. 

Pr.  from  Major  to  Lt.-Col.  July 
20,  1862— Col.  Dec.  13,  1 86? 
— resigned  Dec.  6,  1863 — Bv. 
Brig. -Gen.  April  15,  1865 — 
wd.  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

Pr.  from  Capt.,  Co.  A,  to  Major, 
July  20,  1862 — to  Lieut.-Col. 
Dec.  13,  '62 — to  Col.  Jan.  19, 
1864— wd.  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 
1862— mus.  out  with  regiment 
September  8,  1864. 

Resigned  July  20,  1862 — reason, 
physical  disability. 

Killed  at  Marye's  Heights  May 
3,  1863,  while  Col.  command 
ing  6ist  P.  V. 

Pr.  from  Capt.,  Co.  E,  Dec.  13, 
1862— pr.  Lt.-Col.  Dec.  7,'  63 
— mus.  out  with  reg.  Sept.  8, 
'64 — wd.  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 
1862,  and  Cold  Harbor  June 
i,  1864. 

Tr.  to  Co.  H,  Sept.,  1861. 

Pr.  from  Co.  F  to  Adj.  Sept. 
25,  1861— tr.  to  Co.  C  as  ist 
Lieut.  March  i,  1862. 

Pr.  from  ist  Lieut.  Co.  C  Mar. 
i,  1862 — mus.  out  with  reg. 
Sept.  8,  1864— wd.  Fair  Oaks 
May  31,  1862. 

Pr.  from  2d  Lieut.,  Oct.  26,  '61 
— mustered  out  with  regiment 
September,  8,  1864. 

Resigned  November  14,  1861. 

Disch.    by  order  War     Dept. 
Nov.    i,    1861 — re-appointed 
March  25,  1862 — died  in  ser 
vice  June  22,  1862. 
|  Discharged  January  u,  1862. 

Discharged  March  20,  1862. 

Pr.  fr.  Asst.  Surg.  June  24/62 — 
mus.  out  with  reg.  Sept.8,  '64. 


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•s. 

X 

DATE 

> 

NAMK 

RANK 

OF  MUSTER 

1 

REMARKS 

INTO  SERVICE 

< 

W 

H 

Robert  Tusting     . 

As.  Surg. 

Aug.    4,  '62 

3 

Dis.  August   2,  1862,  by  order 
War  Dept.  for  absence  with 

out  leave. 

George  Yeomans  .                        Aug.  30,  '62 

3 

Disch.  on  Surgeon's  certificate 
of  disability  March  18,  1863. 

Anson  T.  Clark    .            "           May    14,  '63 

3 

Mus.  out  with  reg.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Rev.  Jas.  G.  Shinn    Chaplain.    Aug.  31,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  reg.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Frank  Maguigan  . 
Edward  B.  Wilson 

Sg.  Maj.      Aug.    8,  '6r 
Aug.     2,  '61 

3 
3 

Mus.  out  with  reg.  Sept.  -S,  '64. 
Pr.  from  Co.  B.  to  Sgt.  Major 

June  i,  '62  —  to  2d  Lt.  Co.  K 

August  31,  1862. 

V.  P.  Donnelly  .    . 

Aug.         '61 

3 

Tr.   to  6ist     Pa.  —  wd.  Marye's 

Heights  May  3,  1863  ;  Wilder 

ness  May,   1864,   while  Cap 

tain  said  regiment. 

Tobias  W.  Jones  .            "         i  Aug     S,  '61 

3 

Pr.  fr.  Q.  M.  Sgt.  Sept.  3/61—  tr. 

as  Priv.  to  Co.  B,  Nov.  3,  '61. 

B.  Frank  Paris  .    . 

I  Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Pr.  from  Co.  B  Nov.  3,  '61—  tr. 

to   Co.  K  May  3,   1862—  dis 

charged. 

Wm.  Yodges,  Jr.  . 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Pr.  to  Sgt.  Major  May  3,    1862 

—  tr.  to  Co.  F.  June  i,  1862, 

Ira  Webster  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Pr.  from  Sgt.  Co.  K   Aug.  31, 

'62—  killed  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  1864. 

W.  H.  Albertson  . 

Q.  M.  Sg.    Sept.    i,  '6  1 

3 

Pr.  from  Co.  A,  July  12    1862— 

mus.  out  with  reg.  Sept.  8/64. 

Arthur  F.  Keene  .                        Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Pr.  from  Co.  Fto  Q.  M.  Sgt.— 

pr.    to  2d  Lieut.  Co.  B,  July 

15,  1862. 

Oliver  T.  Eckert  .     Com.  Sg.    Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Pr.  from  Co.  B,  Mar.  n,  1862  — 

mus.  out  with  reg.  Sept.  8/64. 

Isaac  McGrath  .    .            "           Sept.         '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  cert. 

March  26,  1862. 

James  Orton  .    .    . 

«« 

Auar.    8,  '61 

3 

Tr.  to  Co.  O,  6ist  P.  V. 

William  R.  Jones  .     Hos.  Std.    Aug.    8,'  '61 

3 

Promoted  2d  Lieut.  6ist  P.  Y. 

F.  A.  Neville  .    .    .   ,                     Sept.    i,  '61 

2 

Re-enlisted—  tr.  to  82d  P.  Y.— 

mustered  out  with  regiment 

July  13,  1865—  veteran. 

NOTE.  —  The  following  abbreviations  are  used  in  the  preparation  of  remarks  : 

Ab.  absent.               Cor.  Corporal.             Fr.  from. 

PI.  principal.          Surg.  Surgeon 

Asst.  assistant.        Com.  commissioned     Furl,  furlough. 

Priv.  private.          Sgt.  Sergeant. 

Adj.  Adjutant.             or  commissary.         Hos.  Hospital. 

Reg.  regiment.       Sub.  substitute 

Bu.  buried.               Cert,  certificate.          Lt.  Lieutenant. 

Red.  reduced.         Stew,  steward. 

Bv.  brevet.                Dis.  dismissed.            Mus.  mustered 

Res.  resigned.         Tr.  transferred 

Bd.  band.                  Dis'y-  disability.         Muc.  musician 

Rem.  removed.      Vet.  veteran. 

Capt.  Captain.         Disch.   discharged.     Mis.  missing. 

Sen.  sentenced.      Wd.  wounded. 

Chap.  Chaplain.      Exp.  expiration.         Pr.  promoted. 

Serv.  service.          Wds.  wounds. 

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REGIMENTAL   BAND 

« 

^ 
W 

D 

ATE 

NAME 

RANK            OF  MUSTER 

REMARKS 

INTO 

t> 

w 

Theobald,  Herman 

Lead  B'd   Aug. 

31, 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4; 

1862 

Asch,  Charles    .    . 

Musician,    Aug. 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4- 

1862 

Braun,  Francis  .    . 

Aug. 

31,' 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4- 

1862 

Buch,  John     .    .    . 

May 

3J> 

'62 

3 

Cobbin,  Thomas  . 

Aug. 

'61 

** 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4- 

1862 

Dausch,  Michael  . 

Aug. 

31) 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4, 

1862 

Farrow,  James  C. 

Aug. 

31) 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Surg. 

Cert,  May  31/62 

Freeman,  John  .    . 

Aug. 

31, 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4, 

1862 

Furness,  Wm.  S.  . 

Aug. 

3i, 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4, 

1862 

Grass,  William  .    . 

:  Aug. 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4, 

1862 

Goeber,  Frank  . 

Aug. 

3r> 

'61 

3 

Hock,  John    .    .    . 

Feb. 

4, 

'62 

Disch. 

Surg. 

Cert 

.,  May  .31/62 

Herman,  Theo.,  Jr. 

Aug. 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4, 

1862 

Landenberger,  Frs. 

Aug. 

3i! 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4, 

1862 

Molyh,  Conrad  .    . 

Mus 

cian.    Aug. 

31, 

'61 

3 

Nicholson,  James  . 

Aug. 

3r> 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4- 

1862 

Parker,  Henry  H. 

Aug. 

3T> 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4, 

1862 

Peffeffer,  Charles. 

Aug. 

31) 

'6! 

3 

Roth,  John     .    .    . 

Aug. 

3r> 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4, 

1862 

Rothenberger,    C. 

Aug. 

31. 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4. 

1862 

Sharp,  Joseph    .    . 

Aug. 

'61 

3 

Tr.    as 

Priv.  Co.  B 

Mar 

II 

,  '62 

Schmidt,  George  . 

\ug. 

3i! 

'61 

3 

Wagoner,  John 

Aug. 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4, 

1862 

Wiley,  Benjamin  . 

Aug. 

31) 

'61 

3 

Walton,  Benjamin. 

Aug. 

31. 

'61 

3 

Died  Aug.  10, 

1862 

Wright,  William  H. 

Aug. 

'61 

3 

Disch. 

Gen. 

Or., 

Aug. 

4, 

1862 

COMPANY    A 

RECRUITED   AT    PHILADELPHIA 


John  F.  Glenn   . 
George  Wood  . 

Wm.  B.  Foster  . 
Jacob  Heyer  .    . 


Capt  .  .  i  Aug.  4,  '61  3  Promoted  to  Maj.  July  20,  '62 — 

wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 
31,  1862. 

Aug.  21,  '61  3  Promoted  to  Capt.  from  ist  Lt. 
Co.  D.,  July  22,  1862— tr.  to 
Co.  E,  March  1/63— wounded 
at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

Aug.  8,  '61  13  Promoted  from  ist  Sgt.  to  ist 
Lt.  July  12,  1862— to  Capt. 
March  i,  1863 — wounded  at 
Marye's  Heights,  May  3, '63 — 
disc,  on  Surg.  cert,  of  dis'y, 
Nov.  22,  1863. 

Aug.  8,  '61  3  Promoted  from  Sgt.  to  ist  Sgt., 
Oct.  2,  '61— to  2d  Lt.,  July  14, 
'62— to  ist  Lt.,  March  i,  '63— 
to  Capt.,  Nov.  22,  '63 — mus. 
out  with  regt,  Sept.  8,  '64 — 
wounded  at  Cold  Harbor, 
June  i,  1864. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


•s. 

DATE 

1 

NAME 

RANK 

OF  MUSTER 

7 

REMARKS 

INTO  SERVICE 

£ 

X 

H 

John  W.  Crosby   .     ist  Lt  .  .     Aug.     8,  '61    3 


Fitzhugh  Birney    . 
Henry  G.  Fritsch  . 


George  W.  Nagle.     2d  Lt 
Robert  McClelland 


Theodore  Bisbing  .  j  Serg't 
James  Colwell    .    . 


Michael  McGraw  . 


James  Collins  .  . 


Frank  Maguigan   . 
Charles  Schtretter. 


Philip  Stengle    .    . 


William  Williams  . 


Wm.  H.  Albertson   Corp 
E.  A.  Bradender .  " 


William  Cuthbert  . 
John  Dunn  .... 
John  W.  Davis  .  . 


Sol.  Forebaugh  .    . 
Charles  F.  Huber  . 


Dec. 
Aug. 


Aug. 
Aug. 


Aug. 
Aug. 


Aug. 
Aug. 


Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

!  Aug. 

Aug. 


Aug. 
Aug 


,  '61  ;3 

>'6i    3 


8,  '61 
8,  '61 


8,  '6l  U 
8,  '61    3 


Aug.    8,  '61    3 
Aug.     8,  '61 


I,  '61 
J,  '61 


8,  '61 


Aug. 

Aug.    8,  '61    3 


8,  '61 
8,  '61 


J,  '61 


8,  '61 


*,  '61 


Transferred  to  6ist  P.  V. — 
wounded  at  Ft.  Stevens,  D. 
C.,  July  u,  1864— killed  at 
Petersburg,  April  2, '65,  while 
Col.  commanding  6ist  P.  V. 

Trans,  to  Sig.  Corps,  Jan.,  '62. 

Promoted  to  2d  Lt.,  March  j, 
'63— to  ist  Lt.,  Nov.  22,  '63— 
to  Capt.  Co.  B,  Aug,  8,  i864. 

Resigned  Oct.  20,  1861. 

Promoted  from  Sgt.  to  istSgt., 
March  i,  1863—10  2d  Lieut., 
Jan.  i,  1864 — mustered  out 
with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Died  in  service,  Dec.,  1861. 

Promoted  to  ist  Lt.,  Aug.  25, 
1864— trans,  to  Co.  F,  82d 
P.  V. — mustered  out  with  Co. , 
July  13,1865 — Vet. — wounded 
at  Marye's  Heights,  May  3/63. 

Promoted  from  Corp.,  Nov.  22, 
1863 — mustered  out  with  Co,, 
Sept.  8,  1864— wounded  at 
Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

Promoted  from  Corp.,  Nov.  22, 
1863 — mustered  out  with  Co., 
Sept.  8,  1864 — wounded  at 
Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

Prom,  to  Sgt-Maj.,  June  i,  1864. 

Trans,  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.  V.— 
mustered  out  with  Co.,  July 
13,  1865 — Vet. — wounded  at 
Marye's  Heights,  May  3,  '63. 

Pro.  from  Corp.,  Nov.  22,  '63 — 
mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept. 
8,  1864 — wounded  at  Gettys 
burg,  July  3,  1863. 

Promoted  from  Corp..  Nov.  22, 
1863 — mustered  out  with  Co., 
Sept.  S,  1864 — wounded  at 
Funkstown,  July,  1865. 

Promoted  to  Q.  M.  Sgt.,  of  23d 
P.  V.,  July  12,  1862. 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 
1862— disc.  June  i,  1863,  for 
wounds  received  at  Marye's 
Heights,  May  3,  1863. 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.V. 
— mustered  out  with  Co.  as 
Sgt.,  July  13,  1865— Vet. 

Promoted  to  Corp.,  Nov.  22, 
1863 — mustered  out  with  Co., 
Sept.  8,  1864. 

Promoted  to  Corp.,  Nov.  22, 
1863 — mustered  out  with  Co., 
Sept.  8,  1864. 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  3 1/62. 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P  .V. 
— must,  out  July  13,  1865 — 
Vet. — wounded  Cold  Harbor, 
June  i,  1864. 


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193 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

M 
W 

1* 

x. 

w 

REMARKS 

James  Martin     .    . 

Corp  .    . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.  V.— 
mustered  out  with  Co.  as  ist 
Sgt.,  July  13,  1865—  Vet.— 
wounded  at  Marye's  Heights, 

Thomas  Meyers    . 
John  McKernon    . 


Hugh  Patterson    . 
George  W.   Moore  ; 
John  H.  Metcalf    . 

William  J.  Quigley. 
Caleb  Brickman    . 


Chas.  H.Wakefield 
George  Lindsay    .     Muc.   . 


Lewis  Sibley      .    . 
Anderson,   George    Private 


Andrews,  James  N. 
Andrews,   Edw.  C. 

Beck,  H.  R.    .    .    .    | 
Burt,  Franklin   .    . 

Bateman,  Joseph  J. 

Barry,  Albert  B.    . 
Berg,  John  O.    .    .    | 

Branigan,  Patrick. 
Brighton,   Ephraim  | 

Branson,    Edw.    R. 


Aug.     8, 
Aug.     8, 


Aug.  8, 
Aug.  8, 
Aug.  8, 


J6i   3 
61    3 


'61    3 

'61    3 
'61   3 


Aug.     8,  '61    3 


Aug.     8,  '61    3 
3 


Aug.     8, 
Aug.    8, 


Aug.    8, 
Aug.  ii, 


'61 
'61 


'61 


Aug.  30, 
Aug.     8, 


Sept.    i,  '61 


Sept.    i, 
Aug.    8, 

Aug.    8, 
Jan.     17, 


'61 
'61 


'61    3 
'63|3 


Aug.     8,  '61  i  3 

Aug.     8, 


'61    3 

'61   3 


'61   3 
'63  :  3 


Feb.     8,  '64   3 


May  3,  1863. 

Trans,  to  Co.  H,  Aug.  23,  1861. 

Transf.  to  Co.  F,  S2d  P.  V.  as 
ist  Sgt. — com.  2d  Lieut. — 
killed  at  Petersburg,  April  2, 
1865 — Vet— wounded  at  Cold 
Harbor.  June  i,  1864. 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 
March  5,  1863. 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 
March  27,  1862. 

Promoted  to  Corp.,  Nov.  22, 
1863— mustered  out  with  Co., 
Sept.  8,  1864 — wounded  at 
Gettysburg,  July  3,  1863. 

Promoted  to  Corp.,  Nov.  22, 
1863 — mustered  out  with  Co., 
Sept.  8,  1864 — wounded  at 
Gettysburg,  July  3,  1863. 

Died  in  service,  at  Washington, 
D.  C.,  Nov.  30,  1861. 

Deserted,  Oct.  18,  1862. 

Transferred  to  Co.F,  82d  P.V.— 
mustered  out  with  Co.,  July 
13,  1865— Vet. 

Deserted  January,  1862. 

Drafted — transferred  to  Co.  F. , 
82d  P.  V.— deserted,  date  un 
known. 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V., 
Sept.  1 86 1. 

Died  in  service,  at  Johnson's 
Island,  Feb.,  1864 — wounded 
at  Funkstown,  July,  1863. 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept. 
8,  1864, 

Absent  on  detached  service 
with  8th  N.  Y.  Art.— disc. 
Sept.  8,  1864— wounded  at 
Marye's  Heights,  May  3,  1863. 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8, 
1864— wounded  and  captured 
at  Malvern  Hill,  July  i,  1862. 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8, 
1864. 

Transferred  to  Co.  I,  23d  P.V., 
Sept.  i,  1861. 

Transferred  to  Co.,  82d  P.V. 

Drafted— transferred  to  Co.  F, 
82d  P.V.— mustered  out  with 
Co.,  July  13,  1865. 

Trans,    to  Co.    F,    Sad  P.     19, 
discharged  by  G.  O.,  Ma^ot, 
1865— wounded  Cold  Har° 
June  i,  1864. 


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Cfl 

at 

DATE 

> 

NAME                         RANK            OF  MUST 

ER 

1 

REMARKS 

INTO     SEK1 

/ICE 

§ 

at 

Barnes,  Reuben  .        Private  .     Aug.     8, 

'61 

3 

Transferred  to  Vt.  Res.  Corps  — 

wounded  at  \Varwick  C.  H., 

April,  1862,  and   Fair    Oaks, 

May  31,  1862. 

Born,  Peter  .... 

Aug.     8, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 

1862—  killed  at  Cold  Harbor, 

June  i,  1864. 

Bartley,  William.  .                        Sept.  22, 

'64 

3 

Trans,    to   Co.   C,  S2d  P.  Y7.— 

discharged  as  Corp  ,  June  17, 

1865. 

Boyd,  William  .    . 

" 

Aug.    8, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at  Gettysburg,    July, 

1863—  killed  at  Cold  Harbor, 

June  3,  1864. 

Bond,  Lewis  ...            "           Aug.     8, 

'61    3 

Deserted  June,  1862  —  wounded 

Bishop,   Samuel  S.                        Aug.     6, 

at  \Villiamsburg,  May  5,  '62. 
'61  ;  3    Transferred  to  Co.  K,  23d  P.V. 

Brown,  James    .    .                         Sept.     i, 

'61    3    Transferred  to  Co.  E,  23d  P.Y. 

Carney,  Wm.  J.  .    . 

Aug.    8, 

'61    3    Mustered   out  with   Co.,  Sept. 

8,  1864  —  wounded  at  Malvern 

Hill,  July  i,  1862. 

Carpenter,  Jno.  C. 

Sept.    i, 

'61    3    Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8, 

1864  —  wounded  at  Fair  Oaks, 

May  31,  1862. 

Clafiin,  Orlando    .            " 

Aug.     8, 

'63 

3 

Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.  F, 

82d  P.  V.  —  mustered  out  with 

Co.,  July  13,  1865. 

Condon,  Richard  . 

Aug.    8, 

'61 

3 

Deserted  August,  1861. 

Conlin,  Peter  .    .    .                         Aug.  12, 
Davenport,  Robert                       Aug.    8, 

'63 

'61 

3 
3 

Deserted  August  16,  1863. 
Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,   May 

Davis,  Elias.  .    .    .                         Aug.     8, 

'61 

3 

31,  1862  —  disc.  Sept.  8,  1864. 
Mustered  out  with   Co.,  Sept. 

8,  1864. 

Dougherty,  John  . 

Aug.     8, 

'61 

3   Transferred  to  Co.  H,  2^d  P.Y., 

I                    i 

Sept.,  1  86  r. 

Dunton,  Mich.  A.  . 

July    28, 

'63  ;  3    Drafted—  transferred   to  Co.  F. 

Davenport,  H.  H.  .           " 

Aug.    8, 

82d  P.  Y7.—  disc.  July  13,  1865. 
'61    3   Trans,   to  Co.  F,  82d  P.  Y.— 

1 

mustered  out  with  Co.,  July 

13,  1865  —  Vet. 

Degroot,  John   .    .            " 

Aug.    8, 

'61    3 

Died  in  service,  at  Washington, 

D.  C.,  Dec.  24,  1861. 

Davis,  Daniel  .  .    . 
Davis,  Benjamin  . 
Dawson,  William  . 
Dougherty,  Wm.  . 
Endress,    Harry  P. 
Forebaugh,  W.  W. 
Foreman,  John  W. 
Farley,  Edward  .  , 

<  i 
<  i 

<  < 

Sept.    6, 
Aug.     8, 
Jan.    21, 
Aug.     8, 
Aug.    8, 
Aug.  24, 
Aug.     8, 
Aug.     8, 

1    I 

li 

6l   1   *2 

'ft    3 

Deserted  Jan.  19,  1862. 
Deserted  June  3,  1862. 
Deserted  April  20,  1863. 
Not  on  muster-out  roll. 
Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  '62. 
Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 
Disc.  onSurg.  cert.,  Sept   1/62. 
Tr.  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.  V.—  wd.  at 

Salem  Heights,  May  4,  1863  — 

mustered  out  with  Co.,  Tulv 

Fox,  William  .    .    . 

Aug.  n, 

13,   1865—  Vet. 
'63   3    Drafted—  transferred  to  Co.  E, 

Fowler,  William.  . 

1  March  4, 

82d  P.  V.—  disc.  July  13,  1865. 
'62    3   Trans,   to  Co.    F,  82d   P.Y7.— 

mustered  out  March  4,  1865, 

Garson,  Lewis  F. 

t  < 

Sept.    i, 

expiration  of  term  of  service. 
'61  |  3    Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8, 

1864—  wd.    at   Cold    Harbor, 

June,  1864. 

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K 

W 

DATE 

NAME 

RANK            OF  MUSTER 

1 

REMARKS 

INTO   SERVICE 

S 

ai 

M 

e- 

Gibbs,  John  W  .  .  . 

Private  .     Sept.  13,  '62 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

March  27,  1864—  wounded  at 

Mine  Run,  Nov.,  1863. 

Gwynne,  David  .  . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Deserted  August,  1861. 

Green,  Philip  .   .    . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Deserted  June,  1863  —  wounded 

at  Malvern  Hill,  July  i,  1862. 

Hanlon,  James  .    . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 

at  Turkey  Bend,  July,  1862. 

Havens,  Joseph  .  . 

Aug.  n,  '6  1 

3 

Detached   with    ist   Pa.    Light 

Artillery  —  disc.  August,  1864. 

Hilton,  Wm.  F.     . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Hastings,  Jacob  R. 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

April   29,    1863—  wounded  at 

Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

Hauler,  Daniel  .    . 

July     27,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.  F, 

82dP.  V.  —  mustered  out  with 

Harris,  James  .  .    . 

|  Aug.  n,  '63 

3 

Co.,  July  13,  1865. 
Drafted—  transferred  to  Co.  F, 

82d  P.  Y.  —  captured  at  Stone 

House  Mount'n,  Sept.  16,  '63. 

Holmes,  Reuben  . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Trans,    to   Co.   F,  826  P.  Y.— 

disc.  July  24,  1865  —  Yet. 

Hennessy,  Alf.  J.  . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Deserted  August,  1861. 

Hutton,  John  .    .    . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Deserted  August,  1861. 

Jump,  Henry  .    .    . 

i  Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Discharged  Sept.,  1864  —  wd.  at 

Marye's  Heights,  May  3,  '63. 

Jones,  Francis    .    . 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Trans,  to  U.  S.  N.  Feb.,  1864. 

Jones,  Tobias  W.  . 

:  Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Promoted   to   O.    M.  Sgt,  2^,d 

P.  Y.,  Sept.,  1861. 

Johnson,  Stephen  . 

Aug.  n,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  transferred  to  Co.  C, 

82d  P.  V. 

Jacoby,  John  B.  .    . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov.,  1861. 

Jones,  Thomas 

Aug.     8,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  Deserted  Aug.  16/63. 

Kearnes,  Patrick  . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Kefferlier,  Louis  .  . 

I  Aug.    8,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate 

of  disability,  Sept.  19,  1862  — 

wounded  on  picket  at  War 

wick  C.  H..  April,  1862. 

Kates,  John  W.  .    . 

Feb.     3,  '64 

3 

Trans,    to   Co.  F,  82d  P.  Y.— 

mustered  out  with  Co.,  July 

13,  1865. 

Kasch,  Herman    . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Trans,    to   Co.    H,    23d  P.  V., 

Sept.,  1  86  1. 

Kavanagh,  Peter  . 

Jan.      i,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.,  82d  P.V. 

Kresey,  William    . 

!  Sept.  13,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.,  82d  P.V. 

Kilpatrick,  James. 

Sept.  13,  '62 

3 

Wd.  at  Mine  Run,  Nov.,  1863— 

killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i, 

1  864. 

Knocke,  Frederick 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Died  in  service,  at  Washington, 

D.  C.,  Dec.  19,  1861. 

Kidney,  William  J. 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Jan.  19,  1862. 

Knox,  Joseph  .  .    . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Dec.  14,  1861. 

Kelly,  John  .... 

Aug.  "12,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  des.  Aug.  16,  1863. 

Kelly,  James  .    .    . 

Aug.     8,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  des.  Aug.  16,  1863. 

Kenny,  Martin  .    . 

Aug.  12,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  des.  Aug.  16,  1863. 

Little,  Noah    .    .    .    ; 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Lawson,  William  . 

Aug.    8,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  M,  23d  P.V., 

Aug.,  1861. 

Lence,  Augustus  . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V., 

I 

Sept.,  1  86  1. 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OP~  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

|  TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Leonard,  Henry  .     Private  . 

Aug.  ii,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  Aug.  16,  '63. 

McLanlin,  J.  C   .    . 

" 

Aug.     8,  '61 

•7 

Died  in  service,  Aug.  20,  1862, 

o 

from  wounds  received  at  Fair 

I 

Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

Moore,  Thomas  .    .            "           Aug.     8,  '61 

7 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8, 

O 

1864  —  wounded  on  picket  in 

front  of  Richmond. 

Murray,  Charles    .                         Aug.    8.  '61 

i  1  Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept  8,  1864. 

Malone,  James  M.                       !  Aug.     8,  '61    ^    Discharged  on  Sure",  certificate, 

Feb.  24,  1863. 

Morgan,  Dan'l  P.  .                        Aug.    8,  '61 

3 

Trans,    to   Co.  F.,  S2d  P.  V.— 

mustered  out  with  Co.,  July 

13,   1865  —  Vet.—  wounded  at 

Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

Miller,  James  .    .    . 

"           Aug.  12,  '63 

•* 

Deser'd  Aug.  16,  1863  —  drafted. 

McCormick,  Mich'l  !                     Aug.     8,  '61    ^ 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64— 

wd.  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  '62. 

McKinley,  Henry  .                         Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H.,  23d  P. 

V.,  Sept,  1861. 

McDonough,  Edvv. 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Died   in  service,    July  16,  1862, 

of  wounds   received   at  Fair 

Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

McGraw,  John 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Trans,    to   Co.  F.,  82d  P.  V.— 

must,  out  as  Sgt.  Co.  K,  July 

i^,    i86s  —  Vet.  —  wd.  Sailors' 

Creek,  April  6,  1865. 

McManus,  Michael                        Aug.  12,  '63 

3  j  Drafted  —  deserted  Aug.  16,  '63. 

McCully,  Hugh  .  . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3  \  Deserted  Jan.  1/64  —  returned  — 

des.  again,  April  i,  1864  —  wd. 

at  Salem  Heights,  May  3,  '63. 

Nichols,  Filbert  \Y.                       Aug.    8,  '61    3 

Trans,  to  Vet.  Res.  Corps. 

Newcamp,  John.  .                        Sept.    4,  '62  I  " 

Wounded  at  Gettysburg,  July  *, 

1863—  killed  at  Cold  Harbor, 

June  i,  1864. 

Orton,  James  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Promoted   to   Com.    Sgt.,    23d 

P.  V.,  Sept.  1861. 

Patton,  John  ... 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8, 

1864—  wd.    at  Cold    Harbor, 

June  3,  1864. 

Patterson,  James  .            " 

Feb.   20,  '62 

3 

Trans,   to   Co.   F,  82d  P.  V.— 

mustered  out  Feb.  20,  1865. 

Powell,  Geo.  H.    .                        Aug.  28,  '62 

3 

Trans,   to  Co.    F,    82d  P.  V— 

Disch.  June  17,  1865. 

Phillips,  John  K.    . 

Aug.     2,  '63    3 

Drafted  —  deserted  Aug.  16,  '63. 

Riley,  John  .... 

" 

Aug.     8,  '61    i 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Rodgers,  Charles  .            %<           Aug.     8,  '61 
Rittenhouse,  M.  P.                       j  Aug.     8,  '61 

3 
3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 
Trans,   to   Co.   F,  82d   P.  V.— 

mus.   out  with  Co.  as  Corp., 

July  3,  1865  —  Vet.  —  wounded 

at  Marye'  s  Heights,  May  3/63, 

and  atMalvern  Hill  July  1/62. 

Riley,  James                                   Jan.     13,  '63 
Reeves,  Joseph  L.                       \  Aug.  12,  '63 

3 
3 

Drafted  —  deserted  April  27,  '63. 
Drafted  —  trans,     to     Co.,     820" 

P.  V.  —  discharged. 

Repshare,  Jacob    .             "          |  Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov..  1861. 

Slemmons,  Jno.  K.                        Aug.  24,  '61 

3    Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8/64  — 

wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862  —  wounded  at  Marye's 

Schutretter,  Wm.  .            "           Aug.    8,  '61 

3 

Heights,  May  3,  1863. 
Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

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•j. 

•^. 

DATE 

> 

NAME 

RANK        !     OP  MUSTER 

j 

REMARKS 

INTO  SERVICE 

1 

W 

H 

Snyder,  Theodore 

Private  .     Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Mus.   out    with    Co.,   Sept.   8, 

1864  —  wounded  at  White  Oak 

Swamp,  June,  1862. 

Speakman,  LewisJ. 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8, 

1864  —  wounded  at  Fair  Oaks, 

i 

May  31,  1862. 

Saxton,  John  E.    . 

"           Aug.     8,'6i 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate 

of  disability,  Feb.  24,  1863. 

Steel,  Paul  .    . 

"           Jan.     22,  '62 

- 

Trans,    to   Co.    F,  82d  P.  V.— 

discharged  April  17,  1865. 

Smith,  Jos.  L.     .    . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Trans,    to   Co.    F,  82d  P.  V.— 

mustered  out  with  Co.,  July 

13,  1865—  Vet. 

Sheridan,  Peter  .  . 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  Aug.  16,  '63. 

Sullivan,  Francis  .                         Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov.  16,  1861. 

Stacy,  William  .    .   ;                      Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Jan.   1864—  Yet.—  wd. 

at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

Smith,  John                                     Aug.  12,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  Aug.  16,  '63. 

Turner,  William  J.                         Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8/64  — 

wd.    Charles   City  X  Roads, 

June,  1862. 

Tustin,   Abraham. 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Tapper,  William  . 

i  Aug.     8,  '61 

•7 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Thomas,    Benj.  T.             "           Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to  Co.,   82d  P.  V. 

Tully,  Jos.  M.     .    . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

Must,  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Tobin,  Frank  .  .    . 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Trans,    to   Co.   F,  82d  P.  V.— 

disch.  May  20,  1865  —  wound. 

at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

Turner,  Alexander.  ;         "           Aug.    8,  '61 

3 

Discharged   on   Surg.    cert,   of 

disability,  April  i,  1863. 

Thomas,  Charles  .                         Aug.   n,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  deserted  Aug.  16,  '63. 

Tustin,  Isaac  .    .    .   j                      Aug.    8,  '61 

3 

Disch.  on  Surg.  certificate,  Jan. 

23,    1863—  wd.  at  Fair   Oaks, 

May  31,  1862. 

YTanValkenb'rg,W.                        Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Deserted   May  9,  1864—  Yet— 

** 

wounded  at  Salem    Church, 

May  4,  1863. 

Winters,  Enos.  .    .                         Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Must,  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Wills,  Samuel    .    .                         Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate 
of  disability,  March,  1863. 

Wills,  William  F.                            Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i, 

1864—  Vet. 

COMPANY    D 

RECRUITED    AT    PHILADELPHIA 


Louis  Hillebrand 
Jesse  Simcox  .  .    , 

Henry  G.  Fritsch 


Captain  . 


Aug. 
Aug. 


Aug. 


2,     01 

24,  '61 


George  W.  Mindil.     ist  Lieut.    Aug.     2,  '61    3 


Resigned  August  i,  1862. 

Promoted  from  ist  Lieut,  of  Co. 
G  Aug.  31,  '62 — absent  at 
muster  out. 

Promoted  from  ist  Lieut.  Co. 
A  Aug.  8,  '64 — transferred  to 
82d  P.  V.  Sept.  14,  1864— 
discharged  July  13,  '65. 

Transferred  as  Capt.  Co.  R. 
23d  P.  V.,  Oct.  5,  '61— de 
tached  as  Adj. -Gen.  of  Gen. 
Kearney's  staff. 


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X 

M 

DATE 

NAME 

RANK             OF  MUSTER        ' 

REMARKS 

INTO  SERVICE 

05 

Id 

\Ym.  H.  Coulston.     ist  Lieut.    Aug.     2,  '61    3 


Joshua  S.  Garsed  . 


Arthur  F.  Keene  . 


Aug.     2,  '61 


Aug.    2,  '61 


Edw.  \Y.  Lawrence    ist  Sergt.    Aug. 
Wm.  R.  Peddle  .  .  "  Aug. 


i 
Henry  Crease    .    .    !         "  Aug. 

j  [ 

Wm.  Justice,  Jr.    .   l  Sergeant.    Aug. 

James  M.  Stewart.  "  Aug. 


Arthur  E.  Clover . 
B.  Frank  Paris  . 


Chas  L.  Snively.  . 

Joseph  B.  Shaw  .  . 
Frank  A.  Connelly 

David  Lewis  .    .    . 

Edward  Howell .  . 
David  Gardner  .    . 

Thos.   Me  Knight  . 
H.  B.  Fraquair  .    . 

Wm.  S.  Wilkins.  . 
Max.  Lakemeyer  . 

Geo.  F.  Peifer.  . 


Aug. 
Aug. 


Aug. 
Aug. 


Corp 


2,  '61 
2,  '61 


2,  '61 
2,  '61 
2,  '61 

2,  '61 
2.  '61 


Aug.    2,  '61 


Aug.     2,  '61 


3 


Aug. 

2, 

'61    3 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Aug. 

2, 

'6! 

3 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Promoted  from  2d  Lieut.  Oct. 
20/61 — accidentally  wounded 
at  Warwick  Creek,  April,  '62 
— resigned  July  12,  '62. 

Promoted  from  Corp.  to  Serg. — 
to  2d  Lieut.  Oct.  20,  '61 — to 
ist  Lieut.  July  12,  '62 — kilk  d 
at  Gettysburg,  July  3,  '63. 

Promoted  from  Om.-Sgt.  to  id 
Lt.  July  15,  '62 — to  ist  Lt. 
July  3,  '63 — transferred  to  82d 
P.Y.,  Sept.  14/64 — dischar'd. 

Reduced  to  ranks  —  deserted 
Oct.,  1862. 

Promoted  from  Sergt.  to  ist 
Lt.,  Co.  A,  1 57th  P.  V.  Aug., 
'62 — promoted  to  Capt. — w'd 
in  action  near  Petersburg, 
Ya  ,  July  7,  '64 — discharged 
Oct.,  1864. 

Promoted  from  Sgt. — mustered 
out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Disch'd  as  private  on  Surgeon's 
certificate  of  disab'y,  Dec/6i. 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 
ficate  June,  '62. 

Deserted  Dec.,  '62. 

Promoted  to  Corp. — transferred 
to  Co.  R.  toSgt.-Maj. — trans, 
to  Co.  K — discharged. 

Promoted  from  ranks — wound, 
at  Marye's  Heights  May  3, 
'63 — mustered  out  with  Co. 
Sept.  8,  '64. 

Promoted  from  ranks — absent  ; 
sick  at  muster-out. 

Pr.  from  ranks — wd.  at  Cold 
Harbor  June  i,  1864 — re-en 
listed  ;  transferred  to  82d  P. 
V. — mus.  out  July  13,  1865. 

Promoted  from  the  ranks — w'd 
at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62 — 
mus' d  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64 

Deserted  December,  '62. 

Wounded  Malvern  Hill  July  i, 
'62 — discharged  on  Surgeon's 
certificate  Nov.,  '62. 

Deserted  Dec., '62. 

Mustered  out  as  Private  with  Co. 
Sept.  8,  '64. 

Promot'd  to  Corporal — desert' d 
Aug.,  '62. 

Pr.  to  Corporal — wounded  at 
Marye's  Heights  May  3/63 — 
killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June 
i,  1864. 

Promoted  to  Corporal — woun'd 
at  Cold  Harbor  June  r,  '64 — 
mustered  out  with  Co. ,  Sept. 
8,  '64. 


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D 

ATE 

NAME                         RANK       ;     OF  MUSTER 

\ 

REMARKS 

INTO 

SERV 

ICE 

S 

at 

W 
H 

Eugene  Bentley  .  . 

Corp.  .   . 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corporal—  woun'd 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62  — 
mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept. 

1 

8,  64. 

Daniel  Graeber  .  .             "           Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corporal  —  woun'd 

Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62  —  mus. 

out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

T.  Habbermaker  . 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corporal  —  woun'd 

at  Cold  Harbor  June  r,  '64  — 

k'  d  at  Winchester,  Sept.  1  9,  '64. 

Henry  McConnell. 

"    .  •   ;  Aug. 

2, 

'61    3 

Promo'  d  to  Corp'l  —  re-enlisted 

—  transferred  to82d  P.V.,Co. 

j 

F  —  discharged  July  13,  '65. 

Jacob  Mayer      .                           :  Aug. 

2, 

'6! 

3 

Promo'  d  to  Corp'l  —  re-enlisted 

—  transferred  to  Co.  F,    82d 

P.  V.  —  wounded  at  Fair  Oaks 

May  31,  '62,  at  Malvern  Hill 

July  i,  '62,   and    at   Marye's 

Heights  May  3/63  —  discharg. 

July  13,  '65. 

Louis  Strenner  .    .   |                     Aug. 

2, 

'61 

, 

Promoted  to  Corporal  —  wound. 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62  —  dis 

charged  on  Surgeon's  certifi 

cate  April,  '63. 

Bernard  Simon  .    .     Musician     Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

'62,   and  Turkey   Bend  June 

30,  '62  —  mustered  out  as  pri 

vate  writh  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Benj.  F.  Jenkins    .                         Aug. 

2, 

'61    3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  as  pri 

vate  to  82d  P.  V.,  Co  F—  dis- 

charged  July  13,  '65. 

Henry  McKim  .                 "           Tan 

28, 

'62:3    Transferred  to  82d  P.  V.,  Co. 

j                                                                                               j  U.1J 

F  —  discharged  Jan.  28,  '65. 

Adam  Mitchell  .    .                         Sept. 

I, 

'61  I  3    Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certifi 

cate  Aug.,  '62. 

George  W.  Blank  .                        Sept. 

I, 

'61  ;  3    Captu'd  at  Stone  House  Moun 
tain     Sept.,    '63  —  exchanged 

Decemb'r  10/64  —  discharged 

March  15,  '65. 

Bignall,  Attilla  G.  .    Private  .     Aug. 
Boyer,  Samuel  .    .                         Aug. 

2, 

10, 

'61    3 
'63    3 

Must'd  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64. 
Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.  F, 

82d  P.  V.—  disch.  July  13,  '65. 

Bedford,  Thomas  .            "           Aug. 

II, 

'63   3 

Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.  F, 

fc**o  * 

O      O 

82d  P.  V  —disch.  July  13,  '65. 

Beiger,  John   .  ..    .                         Aug. 

8, 

'63 

3 

Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.     , 
82d  P.  V. 

Bohn,  John     .    .    . 

Sept. 

12, 

'62 

3 

Wounded  at  Funkstown,  Md., 

K-JV^J-'l,. 

July,  63,  transferred  to  82d  P. 

V.,  Co.  F  —  disc'd  May  17/65. 

Barbour,  James  H.                       Mar. 

,j 

'64 

3 

Transferred   to   82d  P.  V.,  Co. 

' 

F  —  discharged  July  13,  '65. 

Boyd,  David  .    .    .                         Aug. 
Booy,  John  .                       "           Aug. 

2, 
2, 

'61  I  3    Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62. 
'61    ^    Deserted  March,  '62. 

Bell,  David  .  .    .    .   i                      Aue. 

2, 

'61 

T.    Deserted  August,  '62. 

Coates,  Henry  C.  . 

Sept. 

3, 

'61    3 

Wounded  June   i,  '62,  at  Fair 
Oaks  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

Sept.  8,  '64. 

Carty,  Henry  .    .    . 

1  1 

Sept. 

3, 

'62 

3 

W'ounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 
i,  '64—  transferred  to  82d    P. 

V.  —  discharged  June  17/65. 

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2 

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Cohnhoft",  Louis    . 

Private  . 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Deserted  August,  '62. 

Castle,  James  .  .    . 

(t 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Drew,  Henry  G.    . 

» 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at  Winchester  Sept. 

19,    '64  —  re-enlisted  —  transf'd 

to  Co.  F,  82d  P.V.  —  mustered 

out  July  13,  '65—  Yet. 

Doherty,  James  J. 

" 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

'62,  and  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  '64  —  re-enlisted  and  trans 

ferred  to  Co.  F,  82d   P.  Y.— 

discharged  July  13,  '65  —  Yet. 

Dorn,  Theodore   .            "           Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at    Bottoms   Bridge 

June,  '62  —  transferred  to  Co. 

D,    iith  Yet.    Res.    Corps- 

discharged  Sept.  2,  '64. 

Dickson,  Joseph    . 

" 

Sept. 

15, 

'61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  Feb.,  '62. 

Devine,  Michael   . 

1  Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Injured   by    railroad     collision 

Aug.,  '62—  died  at   Philadel 

phia,  Sept.  9,  '62. 

Ely,  Samuel  L.  .    .    j          "           Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.Y. 

Eckstein,  James                 "          Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certifi 

cate  Aug.,  '62. 

Eckert,  Oliver  J.  .                        Sept. 

4, 

'61 

3 

Promoted     to    Com.  -Sergeant, 

23d  P.  Y. 

Fow,  Jacob.  ...             "          Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at   Marye's  Heights 

May  3,  '63,    and    Petersburg 

April  2/65  —  re-enlist.  —  trans 

ferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.  Y.— 

Ferguson,  William 

,< 

Aug. 

10, 

'63 

3 

discharged  July  13,  '65  —  Yet. 
Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.  F, 

82d  P.  Y  —  disch.  July  13/65. 

Fisher,  Howard  Y.            "           Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certifi 

cate  Nov.,  '61. 

George,  Alexander           "         i  Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Mus'd  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64. 

Grouse,  Michael   .   ,                     Aug. 

IO, 

'63 

3 

Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.  F, 

82d  P.  Y.—  discharged  July  13, 

1865. 

Gifford,  Edward  .             "          Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at  White  Oak  Swamp 

June,  '62  -  trans,   to  U.  S.  N. 

Gamble,  Jos.  W.  .             "          Sept. 

14, 

'62 

3 

Transferred    to     Co.    F.,    82d 

P.  Y. 

Gillespie,  James.  . 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certifi 

cate  March,  '62. 

Gaw,  Robert  P.  ..             "         ;  Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

K'd  at  Cold  Harbor  June  1/64. 

Graham,  Thos.  J.  .  [          "           Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Captured  —  died  while  prisoner 

at  Harrisonb'g,Ya.,  Sep.,  '62. 

Gaw,  Charles  O.  .             "           Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Deserted  June,  '62. 

Hampton,  Wm.  H.            "           Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  —  re- 

enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co.     , 

1 

82d  P.  V. 

Hoi  worth,  Henry  .            " 

Aug. 

2, 

'61 

3 

Must'd  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64. 

Holzer,  Jacob  V.  . 
Hubbard,Thomas. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

2, 
II, 

'61 
'61 

3 
3 

Must'd  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64. 
Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.      , 

82d  P.  Y. 

Hahmon,  John  .    .    '.          "           Aug. 

IO, 

'63 

3 

Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.      , 

82d  P.  Y. 

Harris,  Wm.  J.  .   .            "          Aug. 

9, 

'63 

3 

Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.      , 

82d  P.  V. 

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Hibberd,  George  . 

Private  .     Sept.  15, 

'62    3 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.V. 

—  wounded  at   Cold  Harbor 

June  i,  '64  —  dis.  June  17,  '65. 

Hough,Wm.  J.  .    . 

Aug.     2, 

3 

Re-  enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

F,  82d  P.  V.—  discharged  July 

13,  '65—  Vet. 

Hahn,  Frank  B.  .  . 

Aug.     2, 

'6l        2 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 

i,    '62  —  discharged    on    Sur 

geon's  certificate  Aug.,  '62. 

Hillebrand,  G.  .    . 

Aug.     2, 

'61    , 

Deserted  July,  1862. 

Hart,  Mortimer  .  . 

Aug.     2, 

'61    3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 

i,  '62  —  deserted  Sept.,  '62. 

Hasenack,  Peter  . 

Aug.     2, 

'61    3 

Deserted  Feb.,  '62. 

Hoffman,  Chas.  A.                         Aug.     2, 

'61    3 

Absent,  sick,  at  muster-out. 

Jones,  William  E.                         Aug.     2, 

'61    -i 

Absent,  in  arrest,  at  muster-out. 

James,  William  .  . 

Aug.     2, 

'61   3 

Wounded  at   Malvern  Hill  July 

i,  '62  —  discharged  on    Surg. 

certificate  Nov.,  '62. 

Johnson,  Wm.  P.  . 

Aug.     2, 

'61    3 

Wounded  at  White  Oak  Swamp 

June,  '62  —  discharged  on  Sur 

geon's  certificate  Oct.,  '62. 

Keyser,  Byron   E. 

"          Aug.     2, 

'61    3 

Accidentally  killed  at  Washing 

ton,  D.  C.,  Feb.,  '62. 

Kilpatrick,  Wm.  J. 

Aug.     2, 

'61    3 

Wounded  Malvern  Hill  July  i, 

'62—  killed   at   Cold    Harbor 

June  i,  '64. 

Key,  JohnC.  .    .    . 

Aug.     2, 

'61    3 

Deserted  Aug.,  '62. 

Kneese,  Jacob  .    . 

Aug.  ii, 

'63    3 

Drafted  —  d  eserted  . 

Leibrick,  John  .    . 

Aug.     2, 

'61  '  3    Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June, 

'62  —  absent  at  muster-out. 

Lang,  Andrew  .    . 

Feb.     i, 

'64   3 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.V. 

—Died   at  York,    Pa.,    Nov. 

7,  -'64. 

Leary,  John    .    .    . 

Sept.     i, 

'62    3  i  Wounded    at    Salem   Heights 

May,  '63  —  transferred  to  Vet. 

Res.  Corps. 

Lampter,  Louis  .  . 

Aug.     2, 

'61    3    Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  March,  '63. 

Mooney,  John.  .    . 

Aug     2, 

'61    3    Mus'd  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Morris,  Fritz  .    .    . 

Aug.  26, 

'61    3  :  Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.V. 

—  discharged  June  17,  '65. 

Martin,  Samuel  W. 

Aug.     2, 

'61    T.  \  Disch.  on  Surg.  cer.  Sept.,  '61. 

Martin,  Crawford  .                         Aug.     2, 

'61    3 

Disch.    on  Surg.    cer.  July,  '62. 

Moltzie,  Philip  .    .                       j  Aug.     7, 

'63    3 

Drafted  —  killed    at    Mine  Run 

Nov.  31/63. 

Monell,  Randolf  S. 

Aug.     2, 

'61    3    Deserted  July,  '62. 

Moltz,  George.  .    . 

"          Aug.  26, 

'62    3    Wounded   at  Gettysburg  July, 

Miller,  George  .    . 

Aug.     8, 

'63  —  deserted  May,  '64. 
'63   3    Drafted  —  deserted  Aug.,  '63. 

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Miller,  Gotleib  . 
Milton,  John  .  . 
Miller,  William  . 
Mattice,  Leon  .  . 
Mahern,  Peter.  . 
Magee,  John  S.  . 
McMillin,  Rob't. 


McCann,  Thos.  H. 


7,  '63    3    Drafted— deserted  Aug.,  '63. 
27>  '63    3    Drafted — deserted. 

1,  '62   3  i  Deserted  Jan.,  '64. 
18,  '63    3    Drafted — deserted. 

7,  '63    3    Drafted — deserted  Oct.,  '63. 
2, '61    3    Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

2,  '61    3  i  Wounded  at   Mine   Run   Nov. 

31,    '63 — mustered    out  with 
Co..  Sept.  8,  '64. 
Aug.     2,  '61    3    Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31/62. 


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McConnell,  John  .     Private  .     Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Died    at    Washington,    D.    C., 

Oct.,  '61. 

McXeal,  Sam'l   F. 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Feb.,  '62. 

McDonough,  A.    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.  Oct.,  '61. 

McGowan,  Geo.   . 

Mch.   18,  '64 

Deserted  April  i,  '64. 

O'Neil,  Dennis.    . 

Aug.  10,  '63 

., 

Drafted  —  deserted. 

Peacock,  Henry  C. 

Aug.    2,  '61 

1  3 

Wounded  at  Turkey  Bend  June 

30,  '62  —  mustered    out    with 

Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Paul,  James    .    .    .   !                     Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Wounded   at   Funkstown  July, 

'63  —  trans.  to  Vet.  Res.  Corps. 

Poe,  Chas.  A.    •    • 

April  12,  '64 

3 

Not  on  muster  out  roll. 

Quein,  Jacob  C.     . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

,    82d    P.    V.—  discharged 

July  13,  '65.—  Vet 

Ridgway,  Wm.  .    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Provost  Guard, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Robinett,  Allen  M. 

Sept.  15,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.  V. 

—  discharged  Jan.  10,  '65. 

Rehn,  Edwin  J.  .  . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.  July,  '62. 

Ruoff,  Henry  .  .    . 

Sept.    3,  '62 

3 

Died  at  Falmouth,  Va.,    Feb. 

i5,  '63- 

Roessler,  Henry    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

5- 

Deserted  July,  '62. 

Sewell,  James    .    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Wounded  Marye's  Heights  May 

3/63  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

Sept.  8,  '64. 

Snowden,  Thos.W. 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Must'd  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64. 

Sproul,  James  J.    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Must'd  out  with  Co.  Sept  8/64. 

Sharp,  Joseph.  .    . 

Aug.     9,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

1/64  —  discharged  Sept.  4,  '64. 

Sooy,  John  A.    .    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.  Jan.,  '63. 

Smith,  Geo.  W.    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Died    at    Washington,    D.   C., 

Dec.,  '61. 

Smith,  John  C.  .    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Deserted  June,  '62. 

Shaw,  Charles  L.  .                         Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.  May,  '62. 

Stout,  C.  M  .  .    .    .                         Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Wounded  —  discharged  on  Surg. 

certificate  June,  '62. 

Tompkinsjohn  C.                        Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Adj.  -Gen.  office. 

Thompson,  Sam'l. 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

'62  —  trans,  to  Adj.  Gen.  office. 

Thompson,  S.   C. 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Wounded  June  15,  '62  —  must'd 

out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Taber,  Jos.  S.  C.  . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

F,  82d  P  V.—  discharged  July 

13,  '65.—  Vet. 

Thatcher,  H.  G.   .             "           Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

F,  82d  P.  V.—  discharged  July 

13,  '65.—  Vet. 

Thayer,  Alvin  E.  .             "          Sept.    3,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.  V. 

—  discharged  June,  '65. 

Thompson,    Chas.                         Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Discharged    by  civil  authority 

Feb.,  '63. 

Tudor,  John  F.  .    .             "          Aug.     2,  '61 
Thalheimer,  A.    .             "           Aug.     2,  '61 

3 
3 

Disch.  on  Surg.   cert.  July,  '62. 
Wounded  and  captured  at  Cold 

Harbor  June  i,  '64.  —  disch'd 

June  10,  '65. 

Ulrich,  John  B.   .  .                         Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Absent  —  sick  at  muster-out. 

Von  Linden,  Ant'n                        July    15,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  . 

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Weber,  George  .  . 

Private  . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

Wilkins,  Alex  P.  . 
Williams,  John  .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 
Aug.     2,  '61 

3 
3 

Wagner,  Benj.  F.  . 
Weaber,  John    .    . 
Weber,  Henry  .    . 

,«• 

Sept.     i,  '61 
Aug.     2,  '61 
Aug.     2,  '61 

3 
3 
3 

Weaver,  Charles  . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Wartenberg,  Louis 
Williams,  R.  B.     . 
Watson,  George  . 
Wilson,  Edward  B. 

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Aug.  11/63 
Aug.     2,  '61 
Mar.    1  8,  '64 
Aug.     2,  '61 

3 
3 
3 

3 

Walters,  Albert  H. 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Woodward,  E.  W. 

« 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Zimmerman,  H.  C. 

Sept.    3,  '61 

REMARKS 


Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 
1/62 — mustered  out  with  Co. 
Sept.  8,  '64. 

Must'd  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64. 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 
'62 — absent,  sick  at  must. -out. 

Transferred  to  Signal  Corps. 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  June  i,  '62. 

Died  at  Washington,  D.  C., 
Dec.,  '61. 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 
i,  '62 — deserted  Oct.,  '62. 

Drafted — deserted  Aug.,  '63. 

Deserted  '62. 

Deserted  April  i,  '64. 

Promoted  to  Sergeant-Major 
June  i,  '62. 

Promoted  to  ist.  Lieut.,  Co.  D, 
uSth  Pa.  Infantry — dischar'd 
Captain  and  Bv.  Maj.,  Feb. 
13,  '65. 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  cer 
tificate;  date  unknown. 

Re-enlisted — transferred  to  Co. 
F,  82d  P.V.— discharged  July 
13,  '65— Vet. 


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Adolph  F.  Cavada    Captain  .     Aug.     i,  '61 


John  R.  Johnson  .     ist  Lieut.     Aug.     2,  '61  '  3 


Thos.  K.  Boggs .  . 
John  B.  Fassett  .  . 
Frank  A.  Lynch  .  2d  Lieut. 


Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 


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2, '61 

2,  '6l 


Sebastian  Fischler    ist  Sgt.  .     Aug. 

Sept. 


Charles  Fogle   .    .    I 

John   C.  Ames  .    .     Sergeant 

John  Don  Carlisle 
James  P.  Collins  . 


i,  '61 


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Aug.     2,  '61 
Sept.     i,  '61 


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Detached,  July,  1862,  on  Gen. 
Humphrey's  Staff — appoint' d 
Bv.  Maj.  and  Bv.  Lt.  Col. 
March  13,  1865. 

Promoted  to  ist  Lt.,  July  i8> 
1862 — detached  on  Gen.  Sha- 
ler's  Staff. 

Promoted  to  Adjt.,  March  1/62. 

Pr.  to  Capt.  Co.  F,  July  18,  '62. 

Pr.  from  ist  Sgt.  Co.  D,  July  18, 
1862— wd.  at  Cold  Harbor, 
June  i,  1864 — detached  as 
Com.  Hosp.  Dept.,  June  7, 
1864 — discharged  Sept.,  1864. 

Wd.  Cold  Harbor,  June  1/64— 
re-enlisted — trans,  to  Cos.  F 
and  I,  82d  P.  V.— disch.  July 
13,  1865— Vet. 

Wd.  at  Gettysburg,  July  3,  '63— 
re-enlisted — trans,  to  Co.  F, 
82d  P.  V.— disch.  July  13, 
1865— Vet. 

Died  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  June 
1 8,  1864,  of  wounds  received 
at  Cold  Harbor  ;  grave,  2172. 

Died  at  Portsmouth,  June  26, 
1862. 

Promoted  to  Sgt.,  Aug.  2/62 — 
mus.  out  with  Co. ,  Sept.  8/64. 


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William  R.  Little  .   j  Sergt.  .  .     Aug. 

2,  '61    3 

Promoted  to  Sgt.,  June  18,  1864 

—  wd.  at  Cold   Harbor,   June 

1,5.1864  —  mustered  out    with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Joseph  H.  White  .             "           Aug. 

2,  '61    3 

Pr.  to  Corp.,  Nov.    i,  1861—  to 

Sgt.,  Sept.  i,  1862  —  wounded 

at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  '64— 

mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.8,'64. 

August  Wilhelm  .             "           Sept. 

i,  '61  I  3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

Sept.,  1862. 

Nicholas  Dorsey  .     Corporal.    Sept 

i,'6i    3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

F,  82d  P.V.—  discharged  July 

13,  1865—  Vet. 

Charles  Ellenger  .             "           Sept 

i,'6i    3 

Discharged   Aug.    20,  1862,  for 

wounds  received  at  Malvern 

Hill,  July  i,  1862. 

John  E.  Little    .    . 

Aug. 

2,  '6l 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.  Aug.  8,'6i  — 
killed  at  Cold   Harbor,  June 

i,  1864. 

John  Lapp  .... 

<  c 

Aug. 

2,  '61    3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 

i,  '62,  at  Salem  Heights,  May 

3,  '63,  and  at  Gettysburg,  July 

3,  1863  —  Promoted  to  Corp., 

Nov.  i,  1861  —  mus.   out  with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

James  Lesage    .    .                         Aug. 

2,  '6l 

3 

Wd.  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862 

—  promoted  to  Corp.,  June  18, 

1864  —  mustered  out  with  Co., 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Charles  F.  Losch  .                        Aug. 

2,  '61    3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

Jan.,  1863. 

John  McCabe     .    .                        Sept 

i,'6i    3 

Pr.  to  Corp.,  Oct.  8,  1861—  wd. 

and  captured  at  Cold  Harbor, 

June  i,  1864  —  disch.  Oct.  8,  '64. 

Jos.  A.  Matharson                       Aug. 

2,  '61    3 

Re-enlisted—  kill'  d  at  Cold  Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864  —  Vet. 

Albert  G.  Russell  .             "           Aug. 

2,  '61    3 

Re-enlisted  —  killed  at  Cold  Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864  —  Vet.  I 

Gottlieb  Staiger    .             "         ;  Aug. 

2,  '61    3 

Promoted  to  Corp.,  June  i,'64  — 

mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  S,'  64. 

Matthew  Spence  .             "           Aug. 

2,  '61    3 

Pr.  to  Corp.,  June  i,  1864  —  wd. 

at   Gettysburg,    July  3,    1863, 
and  at  Cold   Harbor,  June  i, 

1864  —  mustered  out  with  Co., 

|                    | 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Samuel  Weeks  .    .                         Aug. 

2,  '62    3 

Wd.  at  Malvern   Hill,    July   i, 

1862  —  Pro.  to  Corp.,  Sept.  10, 

1863  —  mustered  out  with  Co., 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

William  Thomas  .     Music  .   .     Sept 

i,  '61    3 

Captured   at   Stone  Mt.,  Sept., 

1863  —  escaped  from  Danville, 

Va.  —  mustered  out  with  Co., 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Richard  McCabe  .                         Sept 

i,'6i 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Ascough,  John   B.     Private  .     Sept 

i,  '61    3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Ackley,  George  B.                        Sept 
Ayres,  Thomas  .  .                        Sept 

i,'6i   3 

i,'6i    3 

Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.,  Jan.  30,  '62. 
Wd.    at   Malvern  Hill,   July   i, 

1862—  disch.  on   Surg.    cert., 

Dec.  15,  1862. 

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REMARKS 

Blumb,  John  F.  .  . 

Private  . 

Sept      i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  —  discharged  on  Surg. 

cert.,  Nov.  10,  1862. 

Brown,  John  .    .    . 

11 

Feb.     2,  '62 

3 

Transferred  —  wounded  at  Cold 

Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

B  ;>wers,  John  .  .    . 

" 

Jan.     15,  '64 

3 

Trans.—  wd.  at  Petersburg,  July 

i,  1864. 

Brown,  Charles  H. 

" 

Dec.    26,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

F,  82d  P.  V.—  wd.  at  Marye's 

Heights,  May  3,  1863—  disch. 
July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Brooks,  Henry  .    . 

i  < 

Sept.     i   '61 

3 

Deserted,  Dec.,  1861. 

Baxter,  Edward.   . 

1  ' 

Dec.    15  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Marye's  Heights,  May 

3,  1863. 

Branan,  Michael.  . 

" 

Sept.     i   '61 

3 

Deserted,  Dec.,  1861. 

Bruner,  John  H  .    . 

'  ' 

Sept.    i  '61 

3 

Deserted,  Dec.,  1861. 

Bullock,  Thos.  F.  . 

11 

Sept.     i  '61 

3 

Disch.  on  Surg.  cert,  of  dis'y. 

Callahan,  John  .    . 

(< 

Sept.     i   '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Chadwick,  I.  Thos. 

" 

Sept.     i  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Cassaday,  Nicholas 

" 

Sept.     i   '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  trans,    to    Co.    F, 

82d  P.  V.  —  wounded  Marye's 

Heights,  May  3,  1863—  disch., 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Craig,  Charles   .    . 

Dec.   15,  '62 

3 

Transferred 

Campbell,  Levi  .  . 

« 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Gettysburg,  July 

3,  1863—  killed  at  Cold  Har 
bor,  June  r,  1864. 

Donell,  Ezekiel  .   . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Dorsey,    Thomas. 

" 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  trans,   to    Co.    F, 

82d  P.  V.  —  discharged  July  13, 

1865—  Vet. 

Dorsey,  William  . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.  V. 

—  discharged  June  17,  1865. 

Dubois,  Henry.  .  . 

•  ' 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Dec.,  1861. 

Dunlevy,  Louis  .  . 

•' 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Dec.,  1861. 

Elliott,  Washing'  n. 

" 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Elliott,  Robert  .    . 

•' 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

3,    1864  —  mustered   out  with 

Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Everhardt,  W7m.  . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  1864  —  discharged  Sept.,  '64. 

Earner,  Thomas   . 

1  ' 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Died    at  Washington,    D.    C., 

Jan.,  1862. 

Eberling,  August  . 

" 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  drowned    at     John 

son's  Island,  March,  1864. 

Ellwanger,  David. 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Deserted  December,  1861. 

Fell,  Thomas  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Flood,  William  .   . 

>  < 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

'62  —  discharged  on  surgeon's 

certificate  of  disability  Sept., 

1862. 

Forbes,  William.  . 

<  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Oct   13,  1862. 

Fowler,  Charles    . 

i  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Dec.,  1861. 

Ford,  William.  .    . 

•' 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8, 

1864. 

Garrigan,  James   . 

i  ( 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Killed  at   Cold   Harbor  June  i, 

1864. 

Gardiner,  John  .    . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  and  captured  at  Cold 

Harbor  June  i,  '64—  released 

Feb.     26,     1865  —  discharged 

March  30,  1865. 

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REMARKS 

INTO 

SERVICE 

Gallagher,  Thos.  . 

Private  . 

Sept 

I,  '6l 

3 

Died  June  10,  1864,  of   wounds 

received  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  1864. 

Gampwell,  John  . 

" 

Sept 

i,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

| 

ficate  Sept.,  1862. 

Galloway,  Geo.W.             "         i  Aug. 

2,  '6l 

3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 

i  ,     1  862  —  re-enlisted  —  i  rans- 

ferred  to  Co.  F,   82d    P.  V.— 

discharged  July  13,  '6.s  —  Vet. 

Gallagher,  James  .             «          Sept. 

i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862—  deserted  July  30,  1862. 

Gilbert,  Thomas  .             "           Sept. 

i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,  and  at  Marye's  Heights 

May  3,  1863  —  dischar'd  Sept., 

1864. 

Harrison,  Wilson.             «           Mar. 

19,  '64 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Henry,  David    .    .             "           Sept. 

i,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8, 

1864. 

Hahn,  John    .    .    .             "           Aug. 

2,  '6l 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,    and   at   Cold    Harbor, 

June  i,  '64—  re-enlis'd  —  trans. 

to  Co.   F,  82d  P.  V.—  disch. 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Henry,  James    .    .             " 

Feb. 

5,  '64 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  1864  —  transferred  to  Co.  F, 

82d  P.  V.—  Died  at  Salisbury, 

N.  C. 

Hanson,  Robert    .             "           Sept. 

5,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

F,  82d  P.  V.—  discharged  July 

13,  1865—  Vet. 

Henry.  Patrick  .    .   i          " 

Aug. 

29,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.Y. 

and  Vet.  Res.  Corps  -disch. 

July  13,  1865. 

Hays,  Charles  F.  .             " 

Sept. 

i,  '61 

3 

Died  at  Camp  Graham,  Jan.,  '62. 

Hagerty,  Dennis  F.           «           Aug. 

24,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  deserted  April  2S, 

1864—  Vet. 

Honsner,  John  .    .             «           Nov. 

15,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Dec.,  1861. 

Harding,  Hamilt'n            «         [Sept. 

i,  '61 

3 

Wrd.  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862, 

and  Marye's  Heights   May  3, 

1863—  discharged  Sept.,  1864. 

Hunter,  David  .    .             «          Sept. 

i,  '61 

3 

Wd.  at   Cold    Harb)r  June   i, 

Jenners,  J.  W.  B.  .             «           Aug;. 

2,  '6l 

3 

1864  -discharged  Sept.,  1864. 
Wrounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,   1864  —  re-enlisted—  transf'cl 

to  Co      ,  82d   P.  V.—  disch'  d 

Jul>  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Johnson,  Thomas.             "           Mar. 

14,  '64 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.V. 

Kilrain,  John  .  .    .             " 

Sept. 

3 

—  discharged  July  13,  1865. 
Detached  as  teamster  —  discha'd 

Sept.,  1864. 

Kelly,  Peter.  .    .    . 

« 

Sept. 

i,  '61 

3 

Detached  to  Ambulance  Corps 

—  discharged  Sept.,  1864. 

Kock,  John.  .    . 

<  ( 

Sept. 

i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  and  captured  at  Cold 

Harbor     lune    i,     1864  —  dis 

charged  Feb.  25,  1865. 

Kimmey,  Henry  .             "           Sept. 

i,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

Dec.,  1861. 

Keith,  Jacob  .    .    . 

Jan. 

28,  '64 

3 

Killed  at  Cold   Harbor,  June  i, 

1864. 

Latch,  Robert.  .    .            "          Aug. 

2,  '6l 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

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'£. 

REMARKS 

!  § 
* 
iZ 

Long,  Andrew  .    .     Private  .     Sept.     i,  '61 
Lyons,  Jeremiah   .                         Sept.     i,  '61 

3    Mus.  out  with  Co.  ,  Sept.  8,  1864. 
3    Disch.  on  Surg.  cert,  of  dis'y. 

Laru,  Asa  .... 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3    Re-enlisted  —  trans,    to   Co.    F, 

82d   P.    V.—  disch.    July    13, 

i865-Vet. 

Love,  Thomas  R. 

'  Sept.  20,  '62 

3    Trans,    to   Co.   F,  82d  P.  V.— 

disch.  June  17,  1865. 

Lawrence,  Milton. 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3    Deserted  Nov.  1862. 

Layer,  William  .  . 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3    Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  Julv 

i,  1862  —  disch.  on  Surg.  cert. 

of  disability. 

Miller,  Wm.  H.  .  . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3    Mus.  outwith  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Malloy,  John  ... 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3    Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864  —  disch.  Sept.,  1864. 

Monckton,  Step'n. 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3    Disch.,  Sept.,  1862,  for  wounds 

received  at  Malvern  Hill,  Tulv 

i,  1862. 

Miller,  John    .    .    . 

Aug.   10,  '63 

3    Drafted—  trans,  to  82d   P.  V.  — 

discharged. 

Mullen,  James   .    . 

i  Aug.     2,  '61 

3    Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i  , 

1864. 

Maguire,  William. 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3    Wounded  and  captured  at  Cold 

Harbor,  June  i,  1864  —  died  in 

Libby  Prison  of  wounds. 

McFadden,  Neal  . 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3    Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,    1864  —  mustered    out  with 

Co.,  Sept,  8,  1864. 

McComb,  Alex. 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3    Detached  to  Ambulance  Corps. 

McClintock,  Hugh 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3    Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 

i,    1862  —  mustered  out    with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

McFeterage,  John  . 

Feb.    n,  '64 

3    Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.  V. 

—  discharged,  July  13,  1865. 

McCoughel,  Thos. 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3    Died    June   9,    1862  —  buried  at 

Cy  press  Cem.,  L.  Island,  N.Y. 

McCusker,  John  . 

Sept.    9,  '61 

3    Died  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  Dec. 

15,  1862. 

McBride,  Dennis  . 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3    Deserted  Dec.,  1861,  sentenced 

3   years   to    Dry   Tortugas  — 

sentence  remitted  —  honorably 

discharged,  July  i,  1865. 

McCabe,  Thomas. 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3    Deserted  July  25,  1862. 

Mcllvany,    Patr'k.              " 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3    Deserted  July  25,  1862. 

McDonad,  R.     .    . 

Aug.   10,  '63 

3    Drafted  —  captured  at  Mine  Run 

—died  at  Andersonville,  Apr. 

28,  1864—  grave  773. 

McAllister,  John  .             " 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3    Hospital  from  Aug.  i,  1862,  to 

July  10,  1863—  enlisted  Co.H, 

1  2th  U.S.  Inf.—  disch.    Sept. 

2,  1864. 

Niblower,  Freder'k 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3    Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.,  Dec.,'6i. 

Nutt,  James.  .    .    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3    Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

F,  S2d  P.V.—  discharged  July 

IV  1865—  Vet. 

O'Neal,  John.   .    .   |          " 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3    Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862—  disch'd   on    Surgeon's 

certificate  Dec.,  1862. 

Orr,  John    .... 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3    Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

F,  82d   P.  V.—  discharged  as 

Corporal  July  13,  1865  —  Vet. 

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REMARKS 

Orr,  James  ....     Private  .     Feb.    20,  '64   3 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  8>d  P.  V. 

—  discharged  July  13,  1865. 

Orterman,  August. 

Aug.  10,  '63    3 

Drafted  -  transferred  to  Co.  F, 

82d    P.    V.  —  discharged    as 

Pollock,  James  .    . 

Sept.     i,  '61   3 

Sergeant  July  13,  1865. 
Must  out  with  Co.  Sept  8/64. 

Pringle,  James  .    . 

Sept.     i,  '61    3  !  Killed  at  Marye's  Heights  May 

3,  1863. 

Price,  Hyland    .    . 

Sept.     i,  '6  1    3    Deserted  March  17,  1863. 

Reigler,  Henry  .    . 

Sept.     i,'6i    3    Absent  at  muster-out. 

Seger,  Samuel  .    . 

Aug.     2,  '61    3   Transferred  to  Haxamer's  N.  J. 

Battery. 

Spratt,  Thomas  .  . 

Aug.     2,  '61    3 

Wounded  —  Discharged  on  Sur 

geon's  certificate  Nov.  24/62. 

Sayer,  Wm.  W.    . 

Sept.     i,  '61    3 

Discharg'd  for  wounds  receiv'd 

at  Malvern  Hill,  July  i,  1862. 

Storm,  Otto   ... 

July     12,  '63    3 

Drafted  —  wounded  at  Cold  Har 

bor  June  i,  1864—  transferred 

to  Co.  F,  82d  P.  V. 

Smith,  Robert  .    . 

Mar.    14,  '64   3 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.V. 

—discharged  July  n,  1865. 

Stewart,  Robert    . 

;  Jan.     26,  '64   3 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  82d  P.  V. 

Shehan,  Michael  . 

Sept.     i,  '61    3 

—discharged  July  13,  1865. 
Deserted  December,  1861. 

Storry,  William  .  . 

Sept.     i,  '61    3 

Re-enlisted  —  deserted  Tan.,  '64 

-Vet. 

Stewart,  Charles  . 

Aug.     2,  '61    3   Absent,  sick,  at  muster-out. 

Spencer,  William  . 

Mar.    28,  '64   3    Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Thompson,  James. 

Aug.     2,  '61    3    Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  1864  —  disch.    Sept.,   1864. 

Thompson,  Wm.  . 

Aug.     2,  '61    3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8, 

1864. 

Thompson,  John  . 

Sept.     i,  '61    3    Re-enlisted  —  trans,  to  82d  P.V. 

—disch.  July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Tipton,    Chas.    E. 

Sept.     i,  '61    3    Captured    Sept.    21,    1864  —  re 

leased   March  Q,  1865  —  re-en- 

listed  —  transferred  to  82d  P. 

Thompson,  G.  W. 

Mar.      i,  '64  3 

V.  —  disch.  June  15,  '65  —  Vet. 
Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Urban,  Jacob  .    .    . 

Sept.     i,  '61  !  3 

Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  Nov. 
14,  1861  —  buried  Military  Asy 

Van  Brunt,  T.  W. 

Aug.     2,  '61    3 

lum  Cemetery. 
Re-enlisted  —  deserted  Aug.    2, 

!  864—  Vet. 

White,  Henry  C. 
Wahvorth,  James  . 

Sept.     i,  '61    3 
Sept.     i,  '61    3 

Absent  at  muster-out. 
Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

Warner,  Martin     . 

i,  1864  —  disch.  Sept.,  1864. 
Sept.    i,  '61    31  Mustered  out  with   Co.    Sept. 

White,  Alfred    .    . 
Wilson,  Thos.    M. 

8,  1864. 
Sept.     i,  '61    3  i  Deserted  Sept.  5,  1862. 
Sept.    i,  '61    3    Deserted  Dec.,  1861. 

Wallace,    Robert  . 
Zimmerman,  John. 

Sept.     i,  '61  ;  3    Mustered  out  with  Co. 
Sept.  12,  '61    3    Re-en  listed—  transferred  to  Co. 

F,    82d     P.    V.—  discharged 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

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REMARKS 

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W 

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Edwin  Palmer  .    .   'Captain..    Aug.  21,  '61 

3   Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  detached     as    Provost 

Mar.  2d  Dist.,  at  Phila.,  Pa. 

Richard  A.  Griffith 

ist  Lt  .  . 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3    Promoted  from  2d    Lieut.  Co. 

G,  to  ist  Lieut.  Co.  D.,  July 
15,    1862  —  wounded  at  Cold 

Harbor  June   i,    1864  —  mus. 

out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

George  Wood    .    . 

<  < 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3    Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  promoted    to    Captain 

Co.  A.,  July  22,  1862. 

Mark  Anthony  .    .   '  2d  Lt  .    . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3    Discharged  July  15,  1862. 

Benj.  S.  Thomas  .                        Aug.    2,  '61 

3    Died  Feb.  9,  1862,  at  Washing 
ton,  D.  C. 

John  G.  Boyd  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3    Promoted  from   ist  Serg.    Co. 

G,  to  ad  Lieut.,  Co.  D,  Sept. 

n,  1862  -killed  at  Cold  Har 

bor  June  i,  1864. 

Frank  A.  Lynch   . 

ist  Sgt   .   !  Aug.  21,  '61    3    Promoted  to  2d  Lieut.  Co.  C. 

July  18,  1862. 

C.  S.  Williams  .    .                         Aug.  21,  '61 

3    Promoted   from  Serg.    July  15, 

1862  —  wounded  at  Gettysb'g, 

July  3,    1863  —  mustered    out 

with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

John  Bratton  .    .    . 

Serg't  . 

Aug.    4,  '61 

3    Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,  and  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864—  promoted  to  Sergt. 

April,    1864  —  mustered    out 

with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Wm.  E.  Campbell 

<  4 

Aug.    2,  '61    , 

3    Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  June,  1863. 

Patrick  Holland    . 

" 

Sept.    3,  56i    . 

3    Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H.,    82d   P.  V.—  wounded  at 

Marye's  Heights  May  3,  1863, 

and   at  Cold   Harbor  June  i, 

'64  —  disch.  July  13,  '65  -Vet. 

Martin  Lamon  .    . 

" 

Aug.    3,  '61    ; 

5    Promoted    to    Sergeant    June, 

1863  —  discharged  Sept.  ,  1864. 

Thomas  J.  Perkins 

(  £ 

Aug.  21,  '61    ; 

j   Transferred  to  Co.  C,  23d  P.  V. 

Oct.,  1861. 

George  P.  Mitchell 

(  < 

Aus:.  21,  '61    - 

5    Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H,  82d  P.  V.—  promoted  to 

2d  Lieut  —  discharged  July  13, 

1865—  Vet. 

Thos.  J.  Milliken  .   i  Corp  .    .     Aug.  21,  '61   ^ 

j   Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,  and  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,    1864  —  mustered  out  with 

Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Thos.  Gibson  ...                        Aug.    4,  '61    3 

Promoted  to    Corporal    Nov., 

1863  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Win.  Edwards  .    . 

«< 

Aug.  31,  '61   3 

\Vounded  at  Fair  Oaks—  pro- 

moted  to  Corporal  Feb.,  '64  — 

mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64. 

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NAME 

DATE 
RANK            OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS  1 

REMARKS 

Isaac  Wright  .    .    .     Corporal.    Aug.     6,  '61    3 

Promoted  to  Corp.  Feb.,  '64  — 

mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64. 

Hinson  Hollis  .    .                         Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.  Feb.,  '62. 

Patrick  Farren  .    .                         Nov.  20,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

—  discharged  Nov.  26,  1864. 

Michael  Sweeney. 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co 

H,    82d   P.  V.—  wounded  at 

Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864  — 

discharged  July  13,  '65—  Vet. 

James  Kelly  .    .   . 

|  Sept.    3,  '61    3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

—  discharged  Sept.,  1864. 

James  McCune  .    . 

Sept.    6,  '61    3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

—  wound,  at  Marye's  Heights 

May  3/63  —  disch.  Sept.,  1864. 

Wm.  G.  Grow  .    . 

"           Aug.  21,  '61    3 

Promoted  to  Corp.  March,  '62 

—killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862. 

Wm.  Montgomery 

"           Aug.  21,  '61 

^ 

Promoted  to  Corporal  Dec.,  '61 

—re-enlisted  —  killed  at  Cold 

Harbor  June  i,  1864  —  Vet. 

Charles  Brown  .    .     Muc.  .    .     Feb.     4,  '62  I  3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

—discharged  Feb.,  1865. 

John  McFadden    .             "           Nov.  26,  '61    3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

Anthony,  John   P. 
Anthony,  Wm.  H. 

Private  .     Aug.  21,  '61    3 
"           Aug.  21,  '61    3 

—  discharged  Nov.,  1864. 
Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 
Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Anderson,  John    .             "           Aug.  21,  '61    3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  March,  1862. 

Albany,  Andrew  J. 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H.,    82d     P.   V.—  discharged 

Allender,  Wm.  J.  . 

Jan.    28,  '63 

3 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 
Died   at  Johnson's  Island  Jan. 

. 
Allison,  Robert.  .            "           Aug.  21,  '61 
Burnett,  Chas.   F.            "          ;  Aug.  21,  '61 

I 

18,  1864. 
Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62. 
Died  Jan.    3,    1863  —  buried    in 

Barr,  Samuel  .  .    .            "           Aug.  21,  '61    3 

Military  Asylum  Cem.,  D.  C. 
Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H,     82d    P.    V.—  discharged 

Berry,  Lewis  .    .    .            "           Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 
Wounded  Marye's  Heights  May 

3,   1863  —  mustered  out    with 

Buchanan,  James  .            "           Aug.    4,  '61 

3 

Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 
\Vounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  1864  —  absent,  sick,  at  mus 

ter  out. 

Barnes,  Geo.  W.  .            "           Aug.  21,  '61  j  3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 

Bardsley,  William.                        Sept.    i,  '61    3 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 
Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certifi 

cate  Nov.    1861 

Bradley,  John  F.  .             "           Sept.  28,  '61    3 

Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights 

May   3,    1863  —  transferred  to 

Vet.    Res.  Corps  Jan.,  1864  — 

Barr,  William    .    . 

Aug.  21,  '61    3 

discharged  Sept.,  1864. 
Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H,    82d   P.    V.  —  discharged 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

(A 

tX 
•< 
W 
J>" 

2 

^ 

H 

REMARKS 

Boyd,John.   .    .    . 

Private  . 

Aug.  21,  '61    3    Re-enlisted—transferred  to  Co. 

H,    82d   P.   V.—  wounded  at 

Cold   Harbor  June  i,  1864— 

discharged  July  13,  '65  —  Yet. 

Burton,  Joseph  .    . 

Jan.    18,  '64 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H.,  82d  P. 

V.—  discharged  lulv  n,  186=;. 

Biles,  Geo.  M.  W.             "           Feb.   15,  '64    3    Transferred  toCo'H',82d  P.  V. 

—  discharged  July  13,  1865. 
Bennett,  William  .                       <  Aug.     8,  '63    3    Deserted  Aug.,  1863. 

Boyle,  John    .    .    .                         Sept.    3,  '61    3    Deserted  March,  1862. 

Campbell,  Alex.   .                         Aug.     4,  '61    3 

Wounded   at   Marye's  Heights 

May  3,    1863—  mustered   out 

with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Crawford,  George. 

Aug.  22,  '61    3 

Mustered  out  with  Co,  Sept.  8, 

1864. 

Cargill,  John  -    .    . 

Aug.     4,  '61    3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8, 

1864. 

Caskey,  Wm.  G.  . 

Aug.     5,  '61    3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

. 

1862,    and    at  Cold    Harbor 

June  i,  '64  —  disch.  Sept.,  '64. 

Collings,  Wm.  H. 

<  < 

Aug.  21,  '61    3 

Must,  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Campbell,  James  . 

Aug.  21,  '61    3 

Discharged  Jan.,  1863. 

Colligan,  John   .    . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Gettysburg,  July  3, 

1863  —  transferred   to"  Veteran 

Res.  Corps. 

Campbell,  John  M. 

<  < 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H.,    82d    P.    V.—  discharged 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Curry,  John    .    .    . 

«  < 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H,    82d    P.    V.—  discharged 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Crole,  Robert    .    . 

j  Aug.  10,  '63   3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

Carnahan,  Chas.    . 

"           July    27,  '63    3    Deserted  Sept.  18,  1863. 

Currin,  John      .    . 

Nov.    T,  '63 

3 

Deserted  Nov.  29,  1863. 

Donelly,  Hugh  .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  Nov.,  1  86  1. 

Dougherty,  Geo.  . 

" 

Aug.  26,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  -  transferred  to  Co. 

H,  82d  P.  V. 

Donohue,  Edward 

"         1  Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31/62. 

Donelly,  Daniel  .  . 

Sept.    6,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Dec.,  1861. 

Fisher,  Henry 

Aug.  21,  '61    3 

Must,  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Finley,  William  .  . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

2 

Trans,  to  Co.  K,  Oct.  18,  1861. 

Fisher,  James    .    . 

Sept.    2,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.     ,   82d  P.V. 

—discharged  Sept.,  1864. 

Fox,  John  .... 

« 

Aug.  21,  '61    3 

Deserted  Dec.,  1861. 

Gebhart,  Wm.  J.  .    j                      Aug.    6,  '61    3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1 

1862  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Galbraith,  John  .   . 

<  < 

Sept.    3,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  transferred  to   Co.      , 

82d  P.  V.—  disch.  Sept.,  1864. 

Gorman,  James  .  . 

" 

Feb.   15,  '64  |  3  I  Trans,  to  Co.     ,  82d  P:V. 

Gallagher,  Charles 

" 

Nov.     i,  '63    3  ;  K'dat  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  '64. 

Goulding,  John  .  . 

" 

Aug.   10,  '63 

3    Deserted  Sept.  14,  1863. 

Gallagher,  Wm.    . 

" 

Sept.    5,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  deserted    May    8, 

1864—  Vet. 

Holt,  WTilliam.  .    . 

" 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

Harvey,  Henry  .    .            "          i  Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  Oct.,  1861. 

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HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Houghs,  Edward  . 

Private  . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

W'd  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862 

—  trans,  to  Vet.   Res.  Corps. 

Hughes,  James  .   . 

" 

Aug.  26,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  receiv'd 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

Harvey,  James  D. 

i  i 

Sept.   3,  '64 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

—  discharged  June  17,  1865. 

Hogg,  Charles  .    . 

" 

Aug.  16,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.  V. 

—  discharged  June  17,  1865. 

Hattersley,  Joseph 

t  < 

Sept.  12,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

Harmer,  Edward  . 

« 

Feb.  20,  '64 

3 

—  discharged  June  17,  1865. 
Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

—  discharged  July  13,  1865. 

Hutchinson,  Josh. 

" 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Jan.,  1862. 

James,  John    .    .    . 

" 

Sept.    6,  '61 

3 

Disch.by  order  of  Pres.  Lincoln. 

James,  William  .    . 

<  < 

Sept.    5,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

Kirkpatrick,  John. 

« 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

—  discharged  Sept.,  1864. 
Must,  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Knight,  John  .  .    . 

" 

Sept.    6,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  Nov.,  1  86  1. 

Kelly,  Samuel   .    . 

" 

Sept.    5,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

Kennedy,  John  H. 

« 

Aug.         '61 

3 

—  discharged  Sept.,  1864. 
Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H,    82d    P.    V.—  discharged 

Klein,  Andrew  .    . 
Kipel,  Lewis  .    ,    . 

« 

Jan.      8,  '64 
Aug.  21,  '61 

3 
3 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 
K'd  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  '64. 
Deserted  Jan.,  1862. 

Kates,  Samuel  .    . 

" 

Aug.  21,  '61 

Deserted  March,  1862. 

Kelly,  William  .    . 

" 

Feb.     i,  '64 

s 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Lafferty,  John.  .    . 

" 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Deserted  May  8,  1864. 

Lawrence,  Charles 

<  ( 

Mch.  21,  '.64 

3 

Deserted  April  i,  1864. 

Moore,  Washingt'n 
Marache,  Chas.  C. 

<  < 
<  < 

Aug.  26,  '61 
Jan.     18,  '64 

3 
3 

Wounded  at  Gettysburg  July  3, 
1863  —  discharged  Aug.  21/64. 

Transferred  to  U.  S.  Navy,  '64. 

Morgans,  Fred'k  . 

" 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

Mason,  HamiPn  P. 

" 

Feb.   10,  '64 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

Mullin,  John  .    . 

«• 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

—  discharged  July  13,  1865. 
Deserted  Nov.,  1862. 

McGee,  Thomas  . 

i  < 

Nov.  20,  '61 

3 

\Vounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  transferred  to  Vet.  Res. 

Corps,  Oct.,  1863. 

McCoy,  Henry  .    . 

" 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,   and  at  Sailor's  Creek 

April  6,     1865  —  re-enlisted  — 

transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P. 

McClung,  John  .    . 

<  < 

Sept.    3,  '61 

3 

V.  —  discharged  July  13,  1865. 
Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 

i,    1862—  transferred    to    820! 

McGlinchy,  James 
McCorkhill,  Arch. 

« 

Feb.  23,  '62 
Aug.  12,  '62 

3 
3 

P.  V.—  disch.    Sept.,    1864. 
Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 
Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

McCartney,  Sam'l 

« 

Feb.   18,  '64 

3 

—  discharged  June  17,  1865. 
Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

McDevitt,  Edward 

<  < 

Feb.  10,  '64 

3 

—  discharged  July  13,  1865. 
Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

McClane,  Samuel. 
McHenry,  Gerald. 

i  ( 
<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 
Aug.  21,  '61 

3 
3 

—  discharged  July  13,  1865. 
Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62. 
Died  July  6,  1864,    of  wounds 

received    at  Cold    Harbor- 

McCloud,  William 

« 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

buried  at  Nat.  Cem.,Wash'n. 
Deserted  August,  1863. 

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213 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

|  TERM—  YEARS  | 

REMARKS 

McCormick,  John. 

Private  . 

July     18,  '63 

3 

Deserted  April,  1864. 

McFalls,  Francis  . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Deserted  November,  1862. 

McFree,  Wm.    .    . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Neely,  Sam'l  A.    . 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Noble,  Wm.  .    .    . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  '62. 

Percy,  Frederick  . 
Powers,  Michael  J. 

Aug.    8,  '63 
Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

3 

Deserted  August  8,  1863. 
Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights 

May  3,  1863—  des.  Feb.  7/64. 

Rumney,  John.  .    . 

(i 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8, 

1864—  re-enlisted  in    Co.    L, 

I3th  Pa.  Cav.  Feb.  27,  1865— 

discharged  July  14,  1865. 

Riley,  Michael  .    . 

" 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 

at  Malvern  Hill,  July  i,  1862. 

Richardson,  John  . 

11 

Sept.    6,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 

i,  1862  —  discharged  on  Sur 

geon's   certificate  July,  1862. 

Rose,  James  .   .    . 

« 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Transferred  to  U.  S.  Navy,  1864. 

Riebel,  Jeremiah  . 

'.' 

Sept.    3,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

dis.  September,  1864. 

Riley,  Benj.  S.  .    . 

" 

Jan.    20,  '64 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

—  discharged  June  16,  1865. 

Ryan,  John  .... 

<  < 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Deserted  November  i,  1863. 

Russell,  Peter.  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.    8,  '63 

3 

Deserted  February,  1864. 

Shaw,  Wm.    .    .    . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,  and  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,    1864  —  mustered  out    with 

Co.  September  8,  1864. 

Steen,  Andrew  E. 

<  i 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8, 

1864. 

Smith,  Wm.  J.  .    . 

<  < 

Sept.    3,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

Simons,  Samuel   . 

" 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  March  i,  1862. 

Sweeney,  John  .    . 

i  < 

Sept.    8,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

—  discharged  Sept.  ,  1864. 

Sterling,  Thos.  .    . 

<  < 

Sept.    8,'6i 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H,    82d    P.    V.—  discharged 

Sept.,  1864. 

Stephenson,    Geo. 

" 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Died  at  Yorktown  May  18,  '62. 

Stewart,  James  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.     8,  '63 

3 

Deserted  August  18,  1863. 

Spallman,  James  . 
Toland,  Neill  .  .    . 

<  « 
ii 

Aug.  21,  '61 
Sept.    8,  '61 

3 
3 

Deserted  Oct.,  1862. 
Wounded  at   Marye's   Heights 

May  3,    1863  —  transferred  to 

Co.  H,  82d  P.  V.—  discharged 

Sept.,  1864. 

Thwaite,  Alfred    . 

M 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

—  discharged  Sept.    14,  1864. 

Tippen,  George    . 

" 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H,  82d  P.  V.—  discharged  July 

13,  1865—  Vet. 

Tower,  Michael  .  . 

« 

Sept.    5,  '61 

3 

Deserted  March  8,  1862. 

Tapper,  Joseph  .  . 

<  < 

Nov.  26,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Dec.,  1863. 

Taylor,  John  . 

" 

Aug.     8,  '63 

3 

Deserted  Aug.  21,  1863. 

Winters,  James  .  . 

" 

Aug.     3,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

White,  John.  .    .    . 

u 

July    13,  '63 

3 

Transferred  to  U.  S.  Navy,  1864. 

Wiley,  Samuel  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Missing  at  Marye's  Heights  May 

i,    1863  —  re-enlisted  —  trans 

ferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.  V.— 

discharged  July  13/65.—  Vet. 

214 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS  1 

REMARKS 

Wallace,  Alex.  .    . 

Private  .     Sept.    5,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H,  82d  P.  V.—  Vet. 

Winters,  Hugh  .    . 

1  1 

Sept.     4,  '61 

3 

Missing  Marye's  Heights  May  3, 
1863  —  wounded  at  Cold  Har 

bor  June  i,  1864  —  transferred 

to  Co.    H,    82d   P.  V.-dis- 

charged  Sept.,  1864. 

Wein,  John  T.    .    . 

Feb.    10,  '62 

3    Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  transferred  to  Co.  H, 

82d  P.  V.—  dis.  Feb.  u,  1865. 

White,  Joseph.  .    . 

Sept.    3,  '61 

3  •  Wounded   at  Marye's  Heights 

May  3,    1863  —  transferred  to 

Co.  H,  82d  P.  V.—  discharged 

Sept.,  1864. 

Wilson,  Chas.  H.  . 

July     18,  '63 

3  !  Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.  V. 

—  discharged  June,  1865. 

Winn,  Anthony  .  . 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3    Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31/62. 

Warren,  Wm.    .    . 

Aug.   10,  '63 

3  !  Deserted  Aug.  20,  1863. 

Wilson,   John.    .    . 

Aug.   10,  '63 

3    Deserted  Aug.  20,  1863. 

Young,  Joseph  .    . 

I  July    27,  '63  i  3    Drafted—  transferred  to  Co.  H, 

; 

82d  P.  V.—  dis.  July  13,  1865. 

COMPANY    E, 

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Wm.  J.  Wallace    . 

Captain  . 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Promoted   to   Maj.    23d   P.  V., 

Dec.    13,    1862  —  wounded  at 

Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862,  and 

at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

George  Wood  .    . 

" 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to   Capt.,  March   i, 

1863  —  wounded  at  Fair  Oaks, 

May  31,  1862  —  resigned  Mar. 

17,  1864. 

William  Clark   .    . 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61  |  3 

Promoted  from  Corp.  to  Sgt.  — 

| 

to   2d   Lt.,  Dec.  20,  1862—  to 

Capt.,  Aug.  9,  1864  —  trans,  to 

820!   P.  V.  —  disch.    as  Major, 

July  13,  1865. 

Henry  Rees,  Jr.  .  .     ist  Lieut. 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Capt.  Co.  K,  July 

20,  1862. 

Wm.  J.  McFalls    . 

" 

Aug.   14,  '61 

3    Promoted  from  ist  Sgt.  to  2d 

Lt.  ,  Feb.  1  1  ,  1862  ;  to  ist  Lt.  , 

July  20,  1862—  resigned  Dec. 

29,  1862,  on  acct.  of  wounds 

received  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862. 

James  Johnston  .  . 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  2d  Lieut.,  July  20, 

1862  ;  to  ist  Lieut.,  Dec.  2Q, 

1863  —  wounded  at  Fair  Oaks, 

May  31,  1862—  killed  at  Cold 

Martin  V.  B.  Hiller 
Wm.  Kearney   .    . 

2d  Lieut, 
ist  Sgt.  . 

Aug.  14,  '61 
Aug.  14,  '61 

3 
3 

Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 
Resigned  Nov.  6,  1861. 
Promoted  from  Sgt.    Dec.  29, 

1862  —  mustered  out  with  Co., 

Henry  Torbett  .    . 

Sergeant. 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Sept.  8,  1864. 
Promoted  to  ;Corp.  —  to    Sgt., 

Dec.  29,  1862  —  mustered  out 

with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

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RANK 

• 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM  —  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Hugh  McKinney  . 

Sergt.  .  .     Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to    Corp.  —  to   Sgt., 

Feb.  28,  1863  —  mustered  out 

with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Edw.  S.  Morgan  . 

" 

Aug.    14,  '6l 

3 

Promoted    to   Corp.  —  to    Sgt., 

March  i,  1864  —  mus.  out  with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

John  Marshall    .    . 

«  i 

Aug.    14,  '62 

3 

Promoted  to  Sgt.,  June  i,  1864 

—trans,  to  Co.  E.,  82d  P.  V. 

—  disch.  July  5,  1865. 

Robert  Gordon  .  . 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Died  at  Phila.,  Jan.  8,  1862. 

John  McNeill  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Promoted  from  Corp.,  March 

i,  i864-killed  at  Cold  Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864. 

George  Robinson. 

I  Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Deserted  March  3,  1863. 

George  Hance  .    . 

« 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted—trans,    to    Co.  E, 

82d    P.    V.—  disch.    July   13, 

i865-Vet. 

John  Miller  .... 

Corporal. 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Died    at    Washington,    D.    C., 

Dec.  27,  1861. 

James  McClung  .  .            " 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Died  at  Washington,    D.    C., 

Dec.  25,  1861. 

John  Stewart  .    .   . 

i  < 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  trans,   to    Co.    E, 

82d    P.    V.—  disch.   July    13, 

1865—  Vet. 

Wm.  Miller    ...             "          Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair    Oaks,  May 

31,  1862—  died  Aug.  16,  1862, 

of  wounds  received  at  Mal- 

vern  Hill,  July  i,  1862. 

Robert  Hayes.  .    .            " 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to   Co.    R,  23d  P. 

V.,  Nov.  10,  1861. 

James  Arbuthnut  . 

Aug.   14,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept. 

1 

8,  1864,  as  private. 

John  Waters  .                               Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.  July  20,  '64 

mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Wm.  Dougherty  .                        Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Promoted    to    Corp.   Dec.    29, 

1862  —  mustered  out  with  Co., 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

John  Biggot    .    .    .                         Aug.   14,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.    Feb.  8,  '62 

—wounded  at  Cold   Harbor, 

June   i,  1864  —  mus.  out  with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Wm.  J.  Baker  .  .    . 

t  < 

Aug.   14,  '61 

3 

Promoted   to    Corp.    Feb.    28, 

1862—  wounded  at  Cold  Har 

bor,  June   i,    1864—  mus.  out 

with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

James  Brown  . 

i  < 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Promoted    to    Corp.    March  i, 

1864  —  wounded  at  Fair  Oaks, 

May    31,    1862,  and   at   Cold 

Harbor,    June   i,  1864—  mus. 

out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

John  Morgan  .    .    .   j 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.  June  i,  1864 

—  re-enlisted—trans,  to  Co.  E, 

82d    P.    V.—  disch.   July   13, 

i865-Vet. 

George  W.  Fow   . 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.  June  i,  1864 
—  re-enlisted  —  trans,  to    Co. 

E,  82d  P.  V.—  disch.  July  13, 

1865—  Vet. 

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HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Hugh  McMichael  . 

Corporal. 

Aug.   14,  '6l 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862,  and  at  Cold  Harbor 

June   i,  1864  —  pro.  to  Corp. 

June   i,   1864  —  re-enlisted  — 

trans,  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.— 

disch.  July  17,  1865  —  Vet. 

John  Dougherty    . 

<  < 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.  Dec.  27,  '61 
—killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862. 

Wm.  S.  Davis   .    . 

« 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.  Aug.  20,  '62 

—  killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864. 

Wm.  Keys  .... 

t  ( 

Aug.  14,'  6  1 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.  March  1/64 

—  re-enlisted  —  wd.  and  cap 

tured  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i, 

1864—  trans,  to  Co.  C,  82d  P. 

V.—  disch.  July  17,1865—  Vet. 

Daniel  S.  Agnew  . 

Musician. 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  wd.    on    picket, 

Petersburg,   Va.,  Dec.  16/64 

—trans,  to  82d  P.  V. 

James  Tate  .... 

i  ( 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8, 

1864  —  re-enlisted     Nov.     18, 

1864,  in  Co.   L,  2d  Conn.  Lt. 

Art.—  disch.  June  16,  1865. 

Acton,  James  B.    . 

Private  .     Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wd.  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  1/64, 

mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64. 

Buchanan,  James  .                        Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Boyd,  John.   .    .    .                        Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Blessington,  James                       Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64, 

re-enlisted  U.  S.  Navy  Sept. 

30/64  —  disch.  March  1864. 

Boyd,  Hugh  .    .    . 

<  « 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Brooks,  Joseph  .  . 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Braceland,  Patrick  j 

Aug.  T4,  '61 

3 

Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.,  Dec.  30, 

1861. 

Buchanan,  William 

" 

Aug.  1  8,  '62 

3 

Disch.  on  Surg.    cert.,    March 

20,  1863. 

Brown,  Thomas  C. 

« 

Nov.     i,  '62 

3 

Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights, 

May  3,  1863—  trans,  to  Co.  E, 
82  P.  V.—  disch.  Tulv  11.  1865. 

Brown,  James  S.  .             "          Sept.     i,  '61 

3   Trans,  from  Co.  G,"i862—  re-en- 

listed—  trans,  to  82d  P.  V.— 

disch.  July  13,  1865  —  Vet. 

Boals,  John  .... 

<  < 

Feb.   26,  '64 

3 

Trans,    to  82d    P.    V.—  disch. 

July  13,  1865. 

Burke,  John  C.  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to   Battery  H,  ist  U.  S. 

Art,  June  15,  1863. 

Bendle,  Jonah.  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Died  at  Washington,    D.    C., 

Feb.  26,  1862. 

Brown,  Thomas   . 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Died  at  Bottoms  Bridge,  Va., 

May  30,  1862. 

Burk,  John  A.    .    . 

<  i 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862—  killed  at  Cold  Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864. 

Collins,  Robert  .  . 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Clark,  John  E.  .    . 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

Corn,  Lawrence   . 

<  ( 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

i,  1864—  disch.  Sept,  1864. 
Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 

i,  1862—  disch.  on  Surg.  cert., 

Aug.   22,    1862. 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Carr,  Charles  ... 

Private  . 

Mar.     3,  '64 

3 

Trans,   to  Co.   E,  82d  P.  V.— 

disch.  July  13,  1865. 

Clark,  George  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 

1862  ;  buried  Nat.  Cemetery, 

Seven  Pines,  Va. 

Carroll,  John  .    .    . 

(i 

Jan.      i,  '62 

3 

Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i, 

1864. 

Doak,  Robert  .  .    . 

« 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Disart,  Robert  .    . 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Buddy,  James  .    . 

V 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862—  mus.  out  with  Co., 

Dougherty,  Henry 

<  < 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Sept.  8,  1864. 
Wounded   at  Gettysburg,  July 
3,  1863  —  mus.  out  with  Co., 
Sept.  8,  1864. 

Davis,  Andrew  .   . 

" 

Sept.  18,  '62 

3 

Trans,   to  Co.    E,  82d  P.  V.— 

disch.  June  17,  1865. 

Donnelly,  Daniel  . 

<  < 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3   Trans,   to  Co.    F,    23d  P.  V., 

Oct.  13,  1861. 

Donohue,  Robert. 

« 

Aug.  14,  '6-1 

3 

Died  June  8,  1864,  of  wounds 

received    at    Cold    Harbor, 

June  i,  1864. 

Egner,  Robert  .    . 

« 

Aug.  14,  '61 

- 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,   1864  —  mustered    out  with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Fleming,  William. 

<  < 

Aug.  14,  '61    3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Furnace,  William. 

« 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Disch.   on  Surg.   cert.,  March 

24,  1862. 

Fow,  Daniel  .    .    . 

« 

Aug.  14,  '61    3 

Re-enlisted—trans,  to  82d  P.V. 

—  disch.  July  17,  1865  —  Vet. 

Fow,  William    .    . 

" 

Aug.     i,  '62   3 

Re-enlisted—trans,   to  Co.   E, 

82d    P.   V.—  disch.   July    17, 

1865—  Vet. 

Finley,  William  .  . 

<  c 

Oct.    28,  '62 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864  —  re-enlisted  —  trans,  to 

Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.—  disch.  July 

17,  1865—  Vet. 

Gibson,  James  .    . 

(  ( 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Gilbert,  John  .   .    . 

(( 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Hanna,  Robert.   . 

« 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Hance,  Charles  .  . 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61    3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 
31,  1862  —  mustered  out  with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Hannan,  John.  .   . 

It 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862  —  disch.  on  Surg.  cert. 

Jan.  2,  1863. 

Hennessey,  John  . 

« 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Disch.  by  writ  of  habeas  corpus, 

Aug.  20,  1861. 

Henderson,  John  . 

(  < 

Oct.     13,  '62 

3 

Trans,   to   Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.— 

disch.  July  13,  1865. 

Hotman,  George  . 

<  ( 

Oct.    17,  '62 

3 

Trans,   to   Co.  E,  82d   P.  V.— 

disch.  July  13,  1865. 

Helfridge,  George 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to  Co.    H,    23d  P.  V., 

Oct.  13,  1861. 

Hamilton,  Robert. 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Killed  in  front  of  Petersburg, 

June,  1864. 

Humes,  John  .   .    . 

" 

Oct.    13,  '62 

3 

Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i, 

1864. 

Higgins,  Charles  . 

"          Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Sept.  21,  1861. 

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DATK 
NAME                         RANK             OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Higgins,  John    .    .     Private  .     Aug.  14,  '61 

3    Deserted  Feb.  22,  1862. 

Hogan,  John  ...                         Aug.  14,  '61 

3    Deserted  Sept.  21,  1861. 

Hasset,  Edward   .                        Aug.  14,  '61    3    Deserted  Jan.  30,  1862. 

Hennessey,  Wm.  .                       j  Aug.   14,  '61  j  3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Jordan,  James    .    . 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3  i  Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864  —  mus.    out   with  Co., 

1                 '    I 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Johnston,  Adam  B. 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864  —  re-enlisted  —  trans,  to 

Co.    E,    82d   P.    V.—  Pro.  to 

Corp.  —  disch.  July  17,  1865  — 

Vet. 

Johnson,  William.                         Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i, 

1864. 

Keisle,  John  .    .    .                        Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  trans,  to  Co.  E,  82d 

P.  V.—  disch.  July  13,  1865. 

Lindsey,  Wm.   H.                        Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at   Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862  —  mus.  out  with  Co., 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Long,  George   .                            Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i, 

1864. 

Milan,  James  .  .    .                        Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted—trans,   to    Co.    E, 

82d    P.    V.—  disch.   July    17, 

1865—  Vet. 

Moore,  David    .    . 

Aug.  27,  '62 

3 

Trans,  to   Co.  E,  82d   P.  V.— 

pro.    to  Corp.  —  disch.    June 

17,  1865. 

Moore,  George  .  . 

!  Feb.     i,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V. 

Moore,  John  .    .    . 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3    Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  5, 

1864. 

Milan,  Bernard  .    . 

Oct.    13,  '62 

3    Deserted  Tune,  1863. 

McVey,  Hugh  .    . 

:  Aug.  14,  '61 

^ 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

McConnell,   Chas. 

Aug.  14,  '61    J 

Trans,   to   Battery  G,  2d  U.  S. 

Art.,  April  10,  1863. 

McClelland,  Rich. 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3    Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Mclntyre,  Peter    . 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864  —  mus.  out  with   Co., 

Scot.  8.  1864. 

McKenzie,  John    . 
McKinney,  Joseph 

Aug.  14,  '61 
Aug.  14,  '61 

3    Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 
3    Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

McKinney,  Wm.  . 
McNally,  Thomas. 

!  Aug.  14,  '61 
Aug.  14,  '61 

3    Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.,  Apr.  i,  '62. 
3   Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,   May 

§ 

31,     1862  —  disch.     on     Surg. 

cert.,  Dec.  10,  1863. 

McClung,  John  .    . 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  trans,    to   Co.    E, 

82d  P.  V.—  pro.   to   Corp.— 

McManus,  John  .  . 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

disch.  July  13,  1865—  Vet. 
Wounded    May    28,     1863  —  re- 

enlisted  —  trans,    to   Co.    E, 

82d    P.    V.—  disch.    July  13, 

1865—  Vet. 

McGinnis,  James  . 

Aug.  28,  '62 

3 

Trans,  to   Co.  E.   82d   P.  V.— 

McNeill,  James  .    . 

Oct.      7,  '62 

3 

disch.  June  17,  1865. 
Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864—  trans,  to  Co.  E,  82d 

McCafferty,  James 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

P.  V.—  disch.  June,  1865. 
Trans,   to  Co.    H,    23d  P.  V., 

Oct.  13,  1861. 

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219 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM  —  YEARS 

REMARKS 

McGinnis,  John  .  . 

Private  . 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  died    of    wounds 

received    at    Cold     Harbor, 

June  i,  1864. 

McVey,  John  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.   14,  '61  |  3 

Died  June  8,  1862,  of   wounds 

rec.  at  Fair  Oaks.  Mav  *i.'62. 

McKnight,  J.  W.  .    ;          "           Aug.  14,  '61  i  3  !  Wounded   at   Fair   Oaks"  May 

31,  1862—  deserted  July  9,  '62. 

McKeoun,  Thomas 

i  ( 

Aug.  14,  '61  '  3  •  Re-enlisted    trans,    to   Co.    E, 

82d    P.    V.—  disch.    July   17, 

1865—  Vet. 

O'Neill,  Daniel  .  . 

" 

Oct.      7,  '62 

3 

Deserted  Feb.  27,  1863. 

Pitts,  Alexander  . 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wounded  and  captured  at  Cold 

Harbor,  June  i,  1864  —  disch. 

Jan.  31,  1865. 

Perry,  John  T.  .    . 

1  1 

Aug.     4,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  Aug.  30/63. 

Quinn,  John   .    .    . 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wd.  atMalvern  Hill,  July  i,  1862 

and  Gettys'g  July  3/63  —  mus. 

out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Redmond,  Wm.    . 

Aug.  14,  '61    3  !  Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Rankin,  Alexander 

Aug.   14,  '61    3    Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Rankin,  James  .    . 

Aug.  27,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V. 

—  discharged  June  17,  1865. 

Robinson,  John  T.             " 

Aug.     i,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  promoted  to  Corp. 

—trans,  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V.— 

dis.  July  17,  1865.  —  Vet. 

Sweeney,  Archib'd 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Sweeney,  James    . 

" 

Aug.   14,  '61 

3 

K'd  at  Cold  Harbor  June  1/64. 

Simpkins,  Belford 

« 

Aug.   14,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Scrowl,  James.  .    . 

c< 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Died   Dec.   3,    1861  —  buried   in 

M.  A.  Cemetery,  D.  C. 

Sproal,  Robert  .    . 

" 

Aug.   14,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 
1862  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Stewart,  Charles  . 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Gettysburg  July  3, 

1863  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Shindel,  Peter  W.             "          Sept.  29,  '62 

3    Transferred   to   V.  R.  C.—  dis. 

on  Surg.  cer.  Feb.  25,  1865. 

Smith,  Archibald  .             "          Oct.    13/62 

3    Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V. 

—discharged  July  13,  1865. 

Scholas,  James 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Died    at    Washington,    D.  C., 

Dec.  3,  1861. 

Shellady,  John  .    .   | 

Jan.    10,  '63 

3 

Died  June    19,  1864,  of  wounds 

received     at     Cold    Harbor, 

June  i,  1^64. 

Shea,  William   .    . 

" 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Wd.  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862 

and  at  Salem  Church  May  3, 

1863—  killed  at  Cold  Harbor 

June  i,  1864. 

Smith,  Thomas  .  .             " 

Aug.   14,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Aug.  i,  1862. 

Tate,  John  .... 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Dis.  on  Surg.  cer.  April  i,  1862. 

Tate,  Hugh    ... 

Jan.     28,  '62 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 
1862  —  transferred   to    Co.   E, 

82d  P.  V.—  dis.  Jan.  28,  1865. 

Taylor,  James.  .    .             " 

Feb.      i,  '62 

3    Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V. 

—  discharged  June  20,  1865. 

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w 

DATE 

W 

NAME 

RANK 

OF  MUSTER 

1* 

REMARKS 

INTO  SERVICE 

a 

M 

W 

H 

Tate,  Henry  .    .    . 

Private  . 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

Died  June,  1862,  of  wounds  re 
ceived  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862. 

Wilson,  William  J. 
Warner,  Samuel  . 

» 

Aug.  14,  '61 
Aug.  28,  '62 

3 
3 

Dis.  on  Surg.  cert.  Sept.,  1861. 
Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V. 
—discharged  June  17,  1865. 

Wallace,  George  . 

" 

Oct.    13,  '62 

3 

Wounded    at     Salem    Church 
May  3,  1863—  trans,  to  Co.  E, 

82d   P.  V.—  dis.  July  13,  1865. 

Young,  John  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.  20,  '62 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 
i,  1864—  trans,  to  Co.  E,  82d 

P.  V.—  dis.  June  17,  1865. 

COMPANY    F 

RECRUITED   AT    PHILADELPHIA 


James  Gwyn  .    . 

Capt  .    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Resigned  July  22,  1862,  to  ac 

cept  Lt.  Colonelcy  i  iSth  P.V. 

—  disch.  as  Col.  and  Bv.  Brig. 

Gen.  and  Bv.  Maj.  Gen.,  June 

i,    1865  —  wounded  in  battle 

of  Wilderness,  May  5,  1864. 

John  B.  Fassitt  .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Enlisted  as  private,  ist  Troop 

Philadelphia  City  Cav.,  May 

13,    1861  —  trans,   to   23d   Pa. 

Vol.—  disch.   July  31,  1861  — 

pro.  from  2d  Lt.  Co.  H  to  ist 

Lt.  and    Adj.    on    detached 

service   as  Act'g  Asst.  Adj. 

Gen.  of  Gen.  D.  B.  Birney's 

Staff  —  re-joined    Regt.,    as 

signed  to  Co.  C  as  isc  Lt.  — 

pro.  to  Capt.  Co.  F,  July  18, 

1862,  for  gallant  and  merito 

rious  service  at  Malvern  Hill 

—  detached  on  Gen.  Birney's 

Staff  as  A.  D.  C.—  discharged 

Sept.,  1864  —  awarded  medal 

of  honor  for  gallantry  at  Get 

John  B.  Hunterson 

i  st.  Lieut. 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

tysburg,  July  2,  1863. 
Resigned  Jan.    15,   1862  —  com. 

Capt.  uSthP.V.—  disch.  Feb. 

14,  1865. 

Dion  Birney 
HenryA.  Marchant 

<  < 
<  i 

Jan.,         '62 
Aug.     2,  '61 

3 
3 

Resigned  April,  1862. 
Promoted  to   Capt.  Co.  I,  Jan. 

i,  1863. 

John  B.  Vancleve. 

« 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Promoted  from  ist  Sgt.  Co.  K, 

to  2d  Lt.  Co.  I,  Jan.  24,  1862 

—to   ist  Lt.   Co.    F,   Jan.  i, 

1863  —  mus.   out    with    Co., 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

A.  J.  Pemberton    . 

2d  Lieut. 

April,       '62 

3 

Resigned  July  5,    1862  —  wd.  at 

Wm.  Vodges.   .    . 

(  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Malvern  Hill,  July  i,  1862. 
Promoted  to   20!   Lt.,  Dec.  15, 

1862  —  mus.    out    with    Co., 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Chas.W.  Anderson 

ist  Sgt.  . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Died  while  in  service,  Feb.  7, 

T«£,-» 

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221 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM  —  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Frederick  Huber  . 

ist  Sgt.  . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  '62. 

Alexander  Powell. 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Prisoner  of  war  from  June  i, 

1864,  to  March  i,  1865  —  mus. 

out  April  12,  1865  —  wounded 

while  Sgt.,  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862,  and  while  ist  Sgt., 

at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864 

—  said  action  reported  killed. 

David  Colville  .   . 

Sergeant. 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Sgt.,  May  18,  1863 

—  mus.    out  with   Co.,  Sept. 

8,  1864. 

Wm.  Green    .    .    . 

<  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Sgt.,  Jan.  i,  1863 

—  wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862  —  mus.   out  with  Co., 
Sept.  8,  1864. 

James  Masland  .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.,  Dec.  i,  '63, 

to  Sgt.,  March  26,  1864  —  mus. 

out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864— 

wounded    at    Cold    Harbor, 

June  i,  1864. 

Casper  Miller.  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  2d  Lieut.  Co.  E, 

Aug.  27,  1864  —  trans,  to  Co. 

E,   82d  P.  V.,  Sept.,   1864— 

mus.  out  with  Co.,  as  ist  Lt., 

July  13,1865  —  Vet.  —  wounded 

at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

Henry  Robson  .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Sgt.,  Feb.  3,  1862 

—  mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8, 

1864  —  wounded  at  Cold  Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864. 

Chas.  M.  Young   . 

i  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Sgt,  Dec.  i,  1861 

—  disch.  Jan.,  1863,  to  accept 

com.  as2d  Lt,  n8th  P.  V.— 

pro.   to  Capt.  —  wounded   at 

Fair   Oaks,    May  31,    1862  — 

killed  at  Peeble's  Farm,  Sept. 

30,  1864. 

Benj.  F.  Atkinson. 

Corp.  .   . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Promoted    to   Corp.,    May   18, 

1863  —  mustered  out  with  Co., 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Henry  Bernholdl  . 

« 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.,  1862  —  mus. 

out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Henry  H.  Cozier  . 

<  < 

Sept.  15,  '62 

3 

Trans,    to   Co.    E,    82d   P.  V., 

Sept,    1864  —  disch.  June   17, 

1865  —  wounded    at   Marye's 

Francis  L.  Ellis  .  . 

«  < 

Sept.  15,  '62 

3 

Heights,  May  3,  1863. 
Trans,    to   Co.    E,    82d  P.  V., 

Sept.,    1864  —  disch.  June    17, 

1865  —  wd.  at  Salem  Church, 

May,  1863. 

Wm.  McGarvey    . 

<  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.  Oct.  15,  '63 

—  mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8, 

1864. 

James  H.  Graham. 

<  < 

Sept.  15,  '62 

3 

Promoted   to   Corp.  —  trans,  to 

Co.  E,  82d  P.V.,  Sept,  1864, 

disch.  June  17,  1865  —  wd.  at 

Alex.  Johnson  .    . 

« 

Aug.     6,  '62 

3 

Gettysburg,  July  3,  1863. 
Trans,    to   Co.    E,   82d   P.  V., 

Sept.,  1864  —  disch.  June   17, 

1865. 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 

OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

John  D.  Kelly    .    .     Corporal  .:  Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.,  March  26, 

1864  —  mus.    out    with     Co., 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

George  Graham.  . 

Musician. 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Andrew  White 

<  < 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Deserted  May  31,  1862. 

Atkinson,  Joseph  . 

Private  . 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Mus   out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64 

—  wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862,  and  at  Cold  Harbor, 

June  i,  1864. 

Boyle,  John    .    .    . 

<  < 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64 

—  wd.  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 

1862,    and   at   Cold   Harbor, 

June  i,  1864. 

Benson,  Geo.  A.  . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept,  8,  '64 

—  wounded  at  Cold   Harbor, 

June  i,  1864. 

Bodkin,  Robert     . 

<  i 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Brewer,  Joseph  .    . 

<  c 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864 

—  wounded    at    White    Oak 

Swamp  June,  1862. 

Brady,  Thomas  .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864 

—  wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May 

31,  1862. 

Bothwell,  James   . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Wound'  d  at  Salem  Church  May, 

1863  —  discharged  1864. 

Brestler,  Wm.  S.  . 

1  1 

Sept.  15,  '62 

3 

K'd  at  Cold  Harbor  June  1/64. 

Beckman,  Adolph. 

<  < 

Dec.     i,  '61 

3 

Wd.  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862 

—  absent  at  muster  out. 

Connelly,  John,  Sr. 

<  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Absent  in  hospital  at  mus.  -out. 

Connelly,  John,  Jr. 

" 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8, 

1864  —  wounded     at    Marye's 

Heights,  May  3,  1863. 

Cole,  Stanley  F.   . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  of  disabil'y  March  7/62. 

Carrigan,  John  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V. 

Sept.    1864  —  must'd  out  with 

Company  July  13,  1865  —  Vet. 

—  captured  by  Mosby  July,  '64. 

Campbell,  David  . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3    Deserted  Nov.  12,  1861. 

Craig,  William  .    . 

Sept.  27,  '61 

3 

Absent  at  muster  out  —  enlisted 

Donnelly,  D.,Sr.  . 

<  < 

Aug.  14,  '61 

3 

U.  S.  Navy—  discharged  1865. 
Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Donnelly,  D.,  Jr.  . 

<  t 

Aug.     2,  '61 

Ab.  at  mus.  out  —  enlisted  U.  S. 

Marine   Corps—  wd.   at    Fair 

Oaks    May  31,    1862. 

Dunn,  Edward  .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

^ 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V., 

Sept.,    1864  —  mustered    out 

with  Co.  July  13,  1865  —  Vet.  — 

wd.  at  Gettysburg   July  3,  '63 

—  transferred  from  Co.  M. 

Doyle,  John    .    .    . 

<  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept  8, 

1864  —  wounded    at    Marye's 

Heights  May  3,  1863. 

Dougherty,  James 

" 

Nov.  21,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Dec.  12,  1861. 

Duncan,  William  . 

" 

Aug.     i,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  82d  P.  V.  Sept., 

1864  —  wounded  at  Cold  Har 

bor  June  i,  1864  —  Vet. 

Evans,  Lewis  .  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Dec.  i,  1864. 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 

OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS  1 

REMARKS 

Earle,  James  .    .    . 

Private  . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.  ,  Sept.  , 

'64,   and  trans,  to  Vet.  Res. 

Corps—  dis.  July  13,  '65  —  wd. 

at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

Emmons,  Reading 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V., 

Sept.,    1864  —  mustered    out 

with  Co.  July  13,  1865.  —  Vet. 

Edwards,  Wm.  .    . 

« 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov.  12,  1861. 

Fisher,  Julius  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864 

—  transferred  from  Co.  M. 

Fullerton,  Wm.  .  . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  Nov.  8,  1862. 

Flanigan,  Wm.  .    . 

" 

Sept.  16,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V. 

Sept,   1864  —  discharged  June 

17,  1865  —  wounded  at  Marye's 
Heights  May  3,  1863. 

Fee,  Samuel  .    .    . 

<  t 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Died  in  service  Oct.  16,  1862  — 

buried  in  Mount  Olivet  Cem 

etery,  Frederick,  dM. 

Gowan,  Edward   . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  June  19,  1862. 

Graham,  Geo.  W. 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  2d  P.V.  Cavalry, 

Nov.  2,  1862. 

Graham,  Daniel.  . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Died  in  service  Jan.  25,  1864. 

Glaze,  John    .    .    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Dec.  12,  1861. 

Garvin,  Austin 

Sept.    3,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Oct.  5,  1862. 

Gorman,  Thos.  B. 

Dec.      i,  '61 

3 

Deserted  March  16,  1862. 

Harris,  Charles  .  . 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Hickey,  Patrick     . 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64 

—  wounded  at  Fredericksburg 

Dec.  13,  1862. 

Hemphill,  Wm.    . 

t  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out   with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64 

—  wounded    at     Fair    Oaks, 

May  31,  1862. 

Henry,  James    .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64 

—wounded   at  Malvern  Hill, 

July  i,  1862. 

Haslem,  Charles  . 

< 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  by  Special   Order  to 

enlist  as  Hos.  Stew.,  U.S.A. 

Hamilton,  James  . 

1  1 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Trans,    to   Co.   E,  82d  P.  V.— 

died  Aug.   31,  1864,  of  wds. 

received  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864. 

Henry,  Peter  .  .    . 

" 

Jan.     16,  '64 

3 

Trans,    to   Co.    E,    82d   P.  V., 

Sept.,    1864  —  mus.    out  with 

Co.,  as  Corp  ,  July  13,  1865  — 

wd.  at  Cold   Harbor,  June  3, 

1864. 

Hunterbock,  C.     . 

<  < 

Sept.        '61 

3 

Deserted  March  16,  1862. 

Harp,  Jacob  .    .    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  as  Vet.  Vol.  —  trans. 

to  Co.  K—  killed  at  Cold  Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864. 

Keesey,  Wm.  H.  . 

<  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64 

—  wounded  at  Charles  City  X 

Roads,  June,  1862. 

Keesey,  James  W. 

'  ' 

July    16,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  trans,    to   Co.    E,  82d 
P.V.,  Sept.,  1864—  discharged 

July  7,  1865. 

Kilpatrick,  Wm.  . 

« 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Died  of  wounds  received  in  ac 

tion  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31/62 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

w 
•                              REMARKS 

3 

Kennedy,  Michael. 

Private  .   1  Oct.      8,  '61 

3    Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31/62. 

Kennedy,  Peter    .            "          i  Sept.    i,  '61 

3    Deserted  Jan.  16,  1863. 

Lukens,  Chas.  P.  . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3    Absent  in  hospital   at  muster- 

out  —  wounded  on  picket    at 

Warwick  Creek,  April,  1862. 

Loane,  Abraham  . 

11 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3    Disc,  on  Surg.  cer.,  Sept.  12/62. 

Lewison,  David    . 

" 

Sept.  15,  '62 

3    Disch.  on  Surg.  cert,   of  dis., 

Jan.  i,  1863. 

Long,  Andrew  .    . 

« 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3   Trans,  to   Co.    E,    82d   P.    V., 

Sept.,    1864—  mus.    out    with 

Co.,   July    13,    1865—  Vet.— 

wd.atMalvern  Hill,  July  1/62. 

Love,  James  .    .    . 

" 

Sept.  15,  '62 

3    Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V., 

Sept.,    1864  —  disch.  June   17, 

1865—  wounded  at  Cold  Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864. 

Love,  Robert  .  .    .  1                     Aug.    2,  '61    . 

3    Disch.    on  Surg.    cert,  of  dis., 

March  7,  1862. 

Lukens,  Thos.   S.                       Aug.     2,  '61    . 

5   Trans,   to   Co.    E,   82d   P.  V., 

Sept.,    1864  —  mus.    out    with 

Co.,  July  13,  1865  —  Vet.  —  wd. 

at  Petersburg,  July,  1864. 

Lewis,  Jacob  .    .    . 

" 

Sept.  23,  '61    : 

5    Died  in  service,  Feb.  23,  1863. 

Long,  John     .    .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61    : 

j    Deserted  Nov.  12,  1861. 

Lynn,  Henry  .    .    . 

" 

Sept.  15,  '62   : 

j    Deserted  July  n,  1863—  wd.  at 

Moffit,  John    .    .    . 

« 

Aug.     2,  '61    : 

Marye's  Heights,  May  3,  1863. 
;    Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 

1862  —  missing    at     Marye's 

Heights,    May  3,  1863  —  mus. 

out  with   Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864— 

transferred  from  Co.  M. 

Moore,  Joseph  .    . 

" 

Jan.       i,  '64  2 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V., 

Sept.,    1864  —  must,   out  with 

Co.  July  13,  1865—  wounded  at 
Cold  Harbor  June  i,  '64. 

Moreley,  Thomas                        Aug.    2,  '61    3 

Deserted  Feb.  25,  1862. 

Mathews,  James                          Aug.    2,  '61    ' 

Deserted  March  i,  1862. 

Maxwell,  Wm.  . 

Aug.     2,  '61    3 

Deserted  March  16,  1862. 

McCabe,  Peter  . 

Aug.    2,  '61    3 

Must,  out  with  Co.  SeptS,  '64. 

McGarvey,  James 

Aug.     2,  '61    3 

Must,  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

McElroy,  Wm. 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61    3 

Must,  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

McCluskey,  C.  B. 

<  t 

Aus".     2,  '61    3 

Dis.  on  Surgeon's  certificate  of 

disability  May  3/63  —  wounded 

| 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

McHugh,  Patrick  . 

" 

Jan.     25,  '64  3 

Trans,  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.  Sept., 

1864  —  mus.  out  with  Co.  July 
13,    1865  —  wounded   at  Cold 

Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

McFadden,  James.                       Aug.     2,  '61    3 

Re-enlisted,  trans,  to  Co.  E,  82d 

P.V.  Sept./64,  wd.  Cold  Har 

bor,  June,  '64,  killed  at  Sail 

or's  Creek  April  6/65  —  Vet. 

McCorkle,  Thos.  . 

Aug.     2,  '61    3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31/62. 

McKissick,  John  . 

" 

Sept.        '62   3 

Captured   at    Mine   Run  Nov., 

1863—  died  at    Andersonville 

Neely,  Geo.  W.    . 

« 

Aug.     2,  '61    3 

April  18,  1864  —  grave  605. 
Deserted  Mar.  i,  1862. 

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225 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM-YEARS 

REMARKS 

Parker,  Jas.    .    .    . 

Private  . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

$ 

Mus.  out   with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64 

—re-enlisted  U.  S.  S.  Sabine, 

Feb.,  1865,  disch.  Feb.,  1867. 

Prentiss,  John    .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Trans,  from   Co.  M.   23d  P.  V. 

Jan.,  1862  —  dis.  onSurg.  certi 

ficate  of  disability  Aug.  i,  '62. 

Purnell,  John  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Transferred  from  Co.  M,  23d  P. 

V.,    Jan.,    1862—  wounded    at 

Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862  —  dis. 

on    Surgeon's    certificate    of 

disability  Oct.  12,  1862. 

Rodgers,  A.  J.      . 

<  t 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8, 

1864  —  wounded  at  Cold  Har 

bor  June  i,  1864. 

Russell,  Wm.     .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Transferred  from  Co.  M,  23d  P. 

V.   Jan.,   1862  —  mustered  out 

with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Rodgers,  William. 

<  < 

Sept.    2,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Roney,  Thomas    . 

1  1 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62. 

Rosenthal,  Aug.    . 

1  1 

Jan.       i,  '62 

3 

Deserted  Sept.  18,  1862  —  woun. 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

Robinson,  Lucius. 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8, 

1864  —  wounded  at  Cold  Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864. 

Robinson,  John  T. 

11 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Trans,    to  Co.    E,  23d   P   V.— 

trans,  to  82d    P.  V.  Sept.,  '64 

—  mustered  out  —  wounded  at 

Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862—  Vet. 

Stafford,  George  . 

<  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 
ficate  of  disability  April  28/62. 

Stetzell,  Albert  .  . 

" 

Nov.     i,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  sSth  P.  V.  ,  April 

i,  1862. 

Singer,  Augustus  . 

" 

Dec.     i,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  58th  P.  V.  April 

i,  1862. 

Shaw,  Zachariah  J. 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

K'd  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  '64. 

Snell,  Owen    .    .    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Oct.  10,  1862  —  wound. 

Stanley,  John     .    . 

Sept.         '61 

3 

Deserted  March  16,  1862. 

Stanley,    Geo.  \\. 

Sept.         '6  1 

3 

Deserted  March  16,  1862. 

Tarbott,  James  .    . 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Absent  at  muster  out. 

Taylor,  William    . 

Sept.         '61 

3 

Deserted  March  16,  1862. 

Thomas   E. 

Wounded  and  captured  at  Cold 

Harbor  June,    1864—  died  at 

Andersonville  Aug.  30,   1864, 

of  wounds  —  grave  7250. 

Valentine,  Henry. 

« 

Sept.  15,  '62 

3 

Deserted  May  10,  1863. 

Wray,  William  J.  . 

'  ' 

Aug.    2,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to   Co.  K,  ist  Vet.  Res. 
Corps,  Feb.   14,  1864  —  dis.  as 

Sergeant   Nov.  23,  1865  —  w'd 

at  Fredericksburg  Dec.  13,  '62 

—  awarded  meclal  of  honor  at 

Ft.    Stevens,    D.  C.,  July  12, 

1864—  Vet. 

West,  Wm.  A.  .    . 

1  1 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  of  disability  Aug  1/62. 

Williams,  Chas.  A. 

'< 

Sept.  15,  '62 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  of  disability  Jan.  i,  '63. 

Whitman,  Jacob  M. 

<  * 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate   of   dis.   Jan.   i,   1863  — 

wounded   at  Fair  Oaks  May 

31,  1862. 

226 


HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

(A 

w 

*r 

REMARKS 

M 
H 

Weaver,  Wrm.  A.  . 
Young,  Elias  .    .    . 

Private  . 

1  1 

Aug.    2,  '61 
Aug.    2,  '61 

3 
3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 
ficate   of  disability   Aug.    12, 
1862—  wounded  at  Fair  Oaks 
May  31,  1862. 
Died  in  service  Dec.  i,  1861 

COMPANY   G 

RECRUITED   AT   PHILADELPHIA 


John  Maxwell  .  .    . 

Captain 

Aug. 

2,  '61  i  3  |  Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.,  Jan.  i,'6^. 

James  M.  Linnard. 

" 

Aug. 

2,  '61    3 

Promoted  to  Capt.  Jan.  i,  '63  

detached  to    Gen.    Detreau- 

briand's  Staff,  Aug.  15,  1864. 

Jesse  Simcox  .  .    . 

ist  Lieut. 

Aug. 

3,  '6l    3 

Promoted  to  Capt.  Co.  B,  2  id 

P.V.,  Aug.  31,  1862. 

T.  J.  Armstrong.  . 

« 

Sept. 

2,  '61    3 

Promoted  to  ist  Lieut.  Co.  M, 

Sept.  2,  1861  ;  to  Co.  G,  Aug.' 

31,   1862—  detached  to  Gen] 

Shaler's    Staff—  died  Jan.  2 

1864. 

Frank  Taylor  .  .    . 

t  < 

Aug. 

13,  '61 

3 

Promoted  from   ist  Sgt.  Co   I, 

to   2d   Lieut.  Co.  G.  July  22^ 

1862  ;  to  ist  Lieut.,  March  3' 

1864  ;  to   Capt.    Co.   I,  Sept'. 

9,  1864  —  wounded  five  times 

at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864, 

and   wd.    at  Sailor's    Creek' 

April  6,  1865—  Vet. 

James  House  .  .    . 

(  ( 

Aug. 

24,  '61    3 

Promoted  from    ist  Sgt.  to  ist 

Lieut.,  Aug.  ii,  1864—  re-en 

listed  —  trans,  to   82d  P.  V.  

Rich'd  A.  Griffith. 

2d  Lieut. 

Aug. 

3,  '61 

3 

disch.  July  17,  1865  —  Vet. 
Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864—  promoted  to  ist  Lt 

Co.  D,  23d  P.  V. 

John  G.  Boyd    .    . 

ist  Sergt. 

Aug. 

24,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to   2d  Lieut.  Co.  D, 

23d  P.  V.,  Sept.  ii,  1862. 

L.  H.  McClaskey. 

" 

Aug. 

24,  '6r    3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 

i,  1862  —  disch.  on  Surg.  cert., 

March  21,  1863. 

James  Culberston. 

Sergeant. 

Aug. 

24,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864—  mus.   out  with   Co 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Wm.  C.  Barclay  . 

i  1 

Aug. 

24,  '61  |3 

Promoted  from  Corp.  March  i, 

1863—  mustered  out  with  Co.', 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Benton  H.  Kames. 

" 

Aug. 

24,  '61    3 

Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i 

1864. 

John  Reen  .... 

" 

Aug. 

13,  '61 

3 

Wounded    five    times   at    Fair 

Oaks,  May  31,  1862,  and  wd. 

at    Marye's  Heights,  May  3, 
1863  —  re-enlisted—  trans,    to 

Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.—  disch.  July 

13,  1865—  Vet. 

David  Applegate  . 

Corp  .    .     Sept. 

i,  '61    3 

Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i 

1864. 

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227 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS  1 

REMARKS 

Thos.  H.  Boyd      . 

Corporal.    Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights, 

May   3,    1863  —  mustered   out 
with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Sam'l  C.  Duswald. 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights, 

May  3,    1863—  mustered   out 
with  Co.,  Sept.  8.  1864. 

Frederick  Fisher  . 

Aug.  27,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.,  June  1/63 

—  mus.  out  with   Co.,    Sept. 

8,  1864. 

John  Gibson  .    .    . 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,     1862  —  disch.    on    Surg. 

certificate,  July  8,  1862. 

John  Hays  .... 

Aug.  28,  '61 

3 

Died  Feb.,  1862. 

Geo.  W.  Johnson  . 

,  Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.,   Dec.    12, 

1 

1862  —  mustered  out  with  Co., 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

G.  M.  Mackinson  .                         Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights, 

May  3,  1863—  disch.  on  Surg. 

cert.  May  i,  1864. 

John  Mills   .... 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at   Fair  Oaks,    May 

31,    1862  —  re-enlisted  —  trans. 

to   Co.  F,  82d   P.  V.—  disch. 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Wm.  Muschert  .    . 

!  Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31/62. 

Wm.  R.  Roe  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted—trans,    to   Co.    E, 

82d  P.  V.—  pro.    to  Sgt.  Co. 

K  —  wounded   at  Gettysburg, 

July  3,    1863—  disch.   July  17, 

1865—  Vet. 

John  Stevenson  .  . 
Henry  S.  Winner  . 

Musician. 

Sept.    6,  '61 
Aug.  24,  '61 

3 
3 

Deserted  July  7,  1863. 
Deserted  July  10,  1863. 

Allibone,  Thomas. 

Private  .     Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,   May 

31,  1862  —  mustered  out  with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Anthony,  Harry  D. 

"         i  Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Transferred   to   Co.  R,  23d    P. 

V.,  Oct.  31,  1861. 

Artman,  Samuel  . 
Boyd,  Andrew  .    . 

"         !  Aug.  27,  '61 
"         !  Aug.  24,  '61 

3 
3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31/62. 
Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 

i,    1862  —  mustered   out   with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Bockins,  Wm.  .    . 
Brown,  James  S.  . 

Aug.  24,  '61    3 
Sept.     i,  '61    3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 
Trans,  to  Co.  E,  23d  P.V.,  Jan. 

i 

i,  1863. 

Bantom,  Wm.  H.  . 

« 

Aug.  30,  '62 

3 

Wounded    at    Sailor's    Creek, 

Apr.    6,    1865—  trans,  to   Co. 

E,    82d    P.    V.—  disch.    June 

16,  1865. 

Black,  Robert   .    . 

i  ^ 

Sept.  18,  '62 

3 

Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights, 

May   3,    1863—  trans    to    Co. 

E,   82d    P.   V.—  disch.    June 

16,  1865. 

Brinker,  Alfred  .  . 

« 

Sept.    3,'6i 

3 

Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights, 

May  3,    1863  —  re-enlisted  — 

trans,  to   Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.— 

dis.   July   13,   1865.  —  Vet.  — 

promoted  to  Sergt.  Co.  K. 

Bantom,  Henry  W. 

« 

Aug.  30,  '62 

3 

Died  Johnson's  Isl'd  Jan.  27/64. 

Black,  James  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.     7,  '61 

3 

Died  June  26,  1862. 

Boddy,  Geo.  W.  . 

<  < 

Oct.    31,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862—  absent  at    muster-out. 

228 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TKRM—  YEARS  j 

REMARKS 

Connelly,  Martin  . 

Private  . 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

\Vounded   at   Marye's  Heights 

May  3,    1863  —  mustered   out 

with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Connelly,  Edmund 

'• 

Sept.    6,  '61 

3 

Dis.  on  Serg.  cert.  Oct.  15,  '61. 

Culbertson,  Ed.  A. 

<i 

Feb.      i,  '62 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  discharged   July,   1862. 

Chadwick,Wm.  B. 

" 

Aug.  30,  '62 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  1864  —  trans,  to  Co.  E,  82d 

P.  V.  —  dis.  June  24,  1865. 

Cuskaden,  James  . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Died  Aug.  15,  1862,  of  wounds 

rec.  at  Malvern  Hill  July  i,'62. 

Clair,  Wm.  H.  .    . 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62. 

Cavender,  Philip  . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Discharged  Nov.  9,  1861. 

Cassady,  Joseph  . 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Deserted  May  3,  1863. 

Crawford,  George. 

<  t 

Aug.  22,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  D,  23d  P.V. 

Donahue,  Charles. 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,  and  at  Marye's  Heights 

May  3,    1863  —  mustered    out 

with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Davis,  John.  .    .    . 

i  < 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Disch.  on  Surg's  cer.  Jan.  1  1  ,'62. 

Dankle,  Alfred  J.  . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Deserted  June  8,  1862. 

Donahue,  Thomas 

" 

Aug    24,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Sept.  27,  1862. 

Davenport,  James. 

<  t 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Died  Aug.  i,  1862. 

Dunn,   Francis  A. 

1  1 

Oct.    31,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  discharged    on  Surg's 

certificate  Sept.  22,  1862. 

Ernst,  Henry  . 

i  < 

Aug.  27,  '61 

3 

K'd  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  '64. 

Ewell,  George  W. 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

K'd  at  Cold  Harbor  June  1/64. 

Edward,  John  R.  . 

<  i 

Aug.  30,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  deserted  in  1862. 

Flenard,  Wm.    H. 

i  i 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Fraley.  George  W. 

" 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Falby,  George  W. 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Fisher,  Henry.  .    . 

" 

Aug.  28,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V. 

Fitzpatrick,  John  . 

«< 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

—  discharged  July  13,  1865. 
Deserted  April  10,  1862. 

Grant,  Edward  J.  . 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.V. 

Graham,  William. 

i  1 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8, 

1864—  died  of   wounds  rec'd 

at  Cold  Harbor. 

Harey,  L.  M.  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Wounded   at   Marye's  Heights 

May   3,   1863  —  mustered    out 

with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Haddock,  Henry. 

<  ( 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Hilsee,  Robt.  C.  . 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Huber,  Peter  .    .    . 

<  t 

Sept.  26,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V. 

—  discharged    on     Surgeon's 

certificate  April  17,  1865. 

Havey,  Patrick  .    . 

" 

Aug.  28,  '61 

3 

Wounded   at  Marye's  Heights 

May    3,     1863  —  re-enlisted  — 

—transferred  to  82d   P.  V.— 

died  of  wounds  rec.  at  Win 

• 

chester    Sept.    19,  '64.  —  Vet. 

Hazlett,  Matthew. 

<  < 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Died    of    wounds    received  at 

Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

Howard,  Wm.   H. 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Dec.  i,  1862. 

Highly,  William    . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Deserted  July  i,  1862. 

Kroessen,  James  C. 

14 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  -u, 

1862,  and  at  Marye's  Heights 

May  3,  1863  —  absent  in    hos 

pital  at  muster-out. 

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RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

£ 
< 
a 
> 

S 
•^. 
Ed 
H 

REMARKS 

Kerr,  George  .  .    . 

Private    . 

Sept.     i,  '61 

I 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  discharged    on     Sur 

geon's  certificate  April  7,  '63. 

Kerr,  George  W.  . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  M~ay  31, 

1862  —  deserted   June  i,  1862. 

Lithgen,  William  . 

11 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  Nov.  24,  1  86  1. 

Lindsay,  Adrian  G. 

<  < 

Sept.    6,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  1864  —  re-enlisted  —  trans,  to 

Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.—  discharged 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Mackelheny,  Jacob. 

(< 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Milligan,  George  . 

<  < 

Aug.  22,  '61 

3 

Wd.  and  captured  June  30/62  at 

Charles  City  X  Roads  —  must. 

out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Maholland,  Wm.  . 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,    1864  —  re-enlisted  —  trans 

ferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.— 

discharged  July  13/65.  —  Vet. 

Miller,  Richard  J. 

" 

Sept.     i,  '6  1 

3 

Wounded    at     Sailor's    Creek 

April    6,    1865  —  re-enlisted  — 

transferred  to  Co.  E,82d  P.V. 

—discharged  as  Sergeant  July 

13,  1865.—  Vet. 

Manderfield,  John. 

« 

Sept.     i,'6i 

3 

Deserted  July  i,  1862. 

Morely,  John  F.  . 

" 

Aug.  25,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Jan.  10,  1862. 

McKneass,  Thos.  . 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

McBride,  Peter  .    . 

i  < 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 

i,    1862  —  mustered   out   with 

Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

McCarty,  George  . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Wounded   at  Marye's  Heights 

May    3,  1863  —  mustered   out 

with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

McAfee,  John  W.  . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 

i  ,  1862  —  re-enlisted  —  trans 

ferred  to   Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.— 

dis.  July  13,  1865.—  Vet. 

McGinnis,  James  . 

Aug.  28  '61 

3 

Died  Aug.  25,  1864. 

McNickel,  Alfred  . 

Sept.     i   '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov.  15,  1861. 

McBride,  Wm.  J.  . 

Sept.     i   '61 

3 

Deserted  Sept.  18,  1862. 

McKinney,  Robt.  J. 

Oct.   31    '61 

3 

Deserted  Sept.  29,  1862. 

Norris,  Charles  H. 

Aug.  24  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Nacey,  James  .  .    . 

' 

Sept.    i   '61 

3 

Wounded   at   Marye's  Heights 

May  3,  1863,  and  Cold   Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864  —  discharged 

Sept.  1864. 

Nagel,  Louis  H.   . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Nelson,  Geo.  W.  . 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Dis.  on  Surg.  cert.  Dec.  3,  '61. 

Nathans,  John.  .    . 

(i 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Dis.  on  Surg.  cert.  March  12/62. 

Peile,  Frank  C.  .  . 

" 

Sept      i,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Painter,  John  .    .    . 

" 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Gettysburg  July  3, 

1863  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Patterson,  Robert. 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Poole,  Jefferson   . 

" 

!  Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Dis.  on  Surg.  cert.  April  19/62. 

Robinson,  James  . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Robb,  Robert.  .    . 

1  1 

!  Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM  —  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Rutherford,  W.  G. 

Private  • 

Aug.   24,  '6l 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 

1862  —  discharged    on   Surg's 

certificate  Aug.  25,  1862. 

Roe,  Jesse  B.  .  .    . 

" 

Sept.    6,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

E,  82d  P.  V.—  dis.  July  17/65 

—  vet.  —  pro.  to  Sgt.  Co.  I. 

Reynolds,  Edw.  A. 

' 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Deserted  June  20,  1862. 

Roward,  Henry  .  . 

' 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov.  26,  1861. 

Rea,  Francis  D.    . 

' 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Jan.  22,  1862. 

Rush,  Wm.  E.  .    . 

' 

Aug.  27,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Robinson,  L.  J.     . 

' 

Aug.  28,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to  Co.  F,  23d  P.  V. 

Smith,   Edward  J. 

' 

Dec.     i,  '62 

3 

Disch.  onSurg.  cert.  Dec.  10/62. 

Smailwood,  C.   E. 

' 

Sept.    6,  '61 

3 

Woun.  and  captured  at  Marye's 

Heights  May  3,  '63  —  escaped 

and  joined  in  charge  on  the 

heights  —  re-enlisted  —  trans 

ferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.— 

discharged  July  13,  '65.  —  Vet. 

Sewell,  Reuben  .  . 

11 

Sept.    6,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

E,  82d  P.  V.—  discharged  July 

. 

17,  1865—  Vet. 

Sperry,  Samuel  R. 

<  < 

Nov.     i,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,  and  at  Marye's  Heights 

May   3,    1863,    and    at    Cold 

Harbor  June   i,  1864  —  re-en 

listed  —  transferred  to  Co.  E, 

82d  P.  V.  —  discharged  July  17, 

1865.—  Vet. 

Stokley,  Joseph    . 

<  i 

Sept.  24,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Winchester  Sept. 

19,    1864—  re-enlisted  —  trans. 

to    Co.    E,    82d    P.  V.—  dis 

Sarch,  John  .... 

<  < 

Aug.  25,  '62 

3 

charged  July  17,  1865  —  Vet. 
Transferred  to  82d  P.  V.  —  dis 

charged  June  17,  1865. 

Summers,  Fred'k. 

" 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Died  Nov.  3,  1861. 

Stevens,  Harry  .    . 

« 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Died  Jan.  20,  1862. 

Spencer,  John    H. 

" 

Aug.  27,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Marye's  Heights  May 

Smith,  James  .  .    . 
Stewart,  Samuel  P. 

<  < 

Apr.  30,  '63 
Aug.  24,  '61 

3 
3 

3,  1863. 
Deserted  May  3,  1863. 
Trans,  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.  V. 

Way,  Joseph  .    .    . 
Willie,  Theodore  . 

1  1 

Aug.  24,  '61 
Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

3 

Must,  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 
Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 

i,    1862  —  mustered   out  with 

Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Way,  Thomas  L.  . 

" 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Disch.  on  Surg.  cer.  Mar.  20/63. 

Wilson,  John  T.    . 

<  t 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862—  k'd  at  Marye's  Heights 

Yocum,  Jacob   H. 

.• 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

May  3,  1863. 
Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept  8,  '64. 

Yeager,  John  .  .    . 

Mar.      i,  '62 

3 

K'd  at  Cold  Harbor  June  1/64. 

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RECRUITED    AT    PHILADELPHIA 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Francis  Keyser  .  .     Captain  . 

Aug.    12,  '61 

3 

Disch.  bySpc.Ord.Sept.  28/63. 

James  M.  Craig  .  . 

Aug.   24,  '61 

3 

Died  Feb.  2,  1899,   of  wounds 

received  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  '64  —  promoted  from  2dLt., 

Co.  M.,  to  ist  Lt.,  Jan.  i,  '63, 

to  Capt.    Nov.    i,  '63.  —  mus. 

out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Job  T.  Hickinan  . 

ist  Lieut. 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  2d  Lt.,  Jan.  i,  '63, 

to  ist  Lt.,  Jan.   i,  '64.     Mus. 

out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Freder'k  P.  Backus 

Oct.    31,  '61 

3 

Resigned  March  18,  1862. 

John  E.  Collins  .  . 

Aug.  12,  '61 

3 

Resigned  Oct.  31,  1861. 

Henry  A.Marchant 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to  Co.  F.,  May  i,  1862. 

James  M.  Linnard 

Aug.     2,  '61    3 

Promoted  to  Capt.  Co.  G.,  Jan. 

i,  1863. 

Alexand'r  D.  Bailie    2d  Lieut.     Aug.  12,  '61 

3 

Resigned  May  i,  1862. 

James  Spence.  .    . 

Sergeant     Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corp.,  Dec.  i,  '62, 

to  Sergt.,  Aug.   i,  '64.     Mus. 

out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

John  S.  Linton  .    . 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Wd.  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  '62. 

Promoted  to  Corp.,  July  1/63, 

to  Sergt.,  Aug.  i,  '64.     Mus. 

• 

out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Francis  M.  Worth  . 

" 

Aug.  20,  '61  1  1 

Wd.  at  Malvern  Hill,  July  1/62. 

^ 

Color  Sergt.   Wounded  and 

captured  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  1864.     Discharged. 

Stephen  Palmore  . 

11 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Wounded  Marye's  Heights,  May 

3,  '63  —  re-enlisted  and  trans. 

to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.,  as  2d  Lt. 

—  disch.  July  13,  1865  —  Vet. 

Thos.  H.  Michaels 

<  < 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 

i,    '62,   and  Sailor's    Creek, 

April    6,    '65  —  re-enlisted  — 

transferred    to    82d   P.    V.  — 

discharged  July  13,  '65  —  Vet. 

Cornelius  Lukens  . 

<  < 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  '64  —  re-enlisted  —  trans,   to 

Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.—  discharged 

Saml.  F.  Bolton   . 

« 

Sept.  21,  '61 

3 

July  13,  '65  —  Vet. 
Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  while  Color 

Sergt.,  May  31,  1862. 

Anthony  Schaffer  . 

Corporal. 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Wd.  at  Gettysburg,  July  3,  '63, 

and  Cold  Harbor,  June  1^64. 

Promoted  to  Corporal  May  i, 
'63  —  disch.    Sept.,    '64  —  died 

of  wounds  received  at  Cold 

Harbor. 

Jas.  Fullerton  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.  15,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Aug.  i, 

Geo.  S.  Slaysman  . 

<  < 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

'64  —  discharged  Sept.,  1864. 
Promoted  to  Corporal,  Aug.  i, 

'64  —  discharged  Sept.,  1864. 

David  H.  Uber  .  . 

<  < 

Aug.  20,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 

1862  —  promoted   to  Corporal, 

Aug.  1/64—  disch.  Sept.,  1864. 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS  | 

REMARKS 

John  Gallagher  .  .     Corporal.    Sept.    i,  '61    3 

Re-enlisted  —  trans,    to   Co.    E, 

82d  P.   V  .—  discharged  July 

13,  '65—  Vet. 

Wm.  L.  Uber  .  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.  20,  '61  j  3   Wd.  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  '62, 

and  Marye's  Heights,  May  3, 

'63  —  trans,  to  Vet.    Reserve 

Corps  —  disch.  Sept.  1864. 

Geo.  W.  Palmer  . 

i  ( 

Nov.     i,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  trans,    to    U.     S. 

Navy    April    i,    1864  —  dis 

charged  Nov.  9,   1865.  —  Vet. 

John  Boyle  .... 

" 

Nov.     i,  '61 

3 

K'd  at  Malvern  Hill  July  i,  '62. 

Wm    H.  Garwood 

"           Aug.   13,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov.  17,  1861. 

Wm.  Beatty  ...                        Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov.  17,  1861. 

Geo.  Howell  .  .    .     Musician.  1  Sept.  15,  '61 

3 

Trans   to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V. 

Andrews,  Jas.  C.  .     Private  . 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 

i,  1862  —  deserted  July  3,  1863. 

Bothwell,  John  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.  20,  '61    3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31  , 

1862  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Brinker,  Henry  P. 

<  t 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Absent    on    detached     service 

at  muster-out. 

Bell,  George  R.    . 

44 

Aug.  10,  '61    3  ,  Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 

i,  1862  —  re-enlisted  —  trans. 

to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V-  Vet. 

Brown,  James  C.  . 

<  < 

Aug.  10,  '61    3    Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,  and  at  Gettysburg  July 

3,   1863  —  re-enlisted  —  trans 

ferred  to   Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.— 

discharged  July  13,  '65  —  Vet. 

Barry,  Samuel  .    . 

'  ' 

Jan.      5,  '64  ;  3 

Trans,    to   Co.  E,  82d   P.  V.— 

dis.   July  13,   1865  —  wounded 

at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

Black,  Charles  .    . 

<  < 

Jan.    23,  '64    3    Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  1864  —  transferred  to  Co.  E, 

82d  P.  V.—  dis.  July  13,  1865. 

Bastian,  Wm.     .    . 

" 

Aug.     5,  '61    3    Deserted  Nov.  17.  1861. 

Berringer,  Wm.  .  . 

" 

Sept.  24,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights 

May  3,  1863  —  deserted  Jan.  20, 

1863  —  returned  and  deserted 

Cavanagh,Wm.  H. 

.« 

Aug.  1  8,  '61 

3 

again  July  21,  1863. 
Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Campbell,  James  . 

<  ( 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Dis.  on  Surg.  cer.  Oct.  18,  1861. 

Crear,  Henry  H.  . 

<  < 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  and   transferred  to 

Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.—  discharged 

July  13,  1865.—  Vet. 

Coates,  Henry  .    . 

14 

Aug.  24,  '61  i  3   Transferred  to  Co.  B,  23d  P.V., 

March  15,  1862. 

Craig,  David  R.    . 

14 

Aug.  24,  '61    3   Transferred  to  Co.  K,  23d  P.  V., 

Oct.  31,  1862. 

Canning,  John  .    . 

" 

Aug.  20,  '61    3    Re-enlisted—transferred  to  Co. 

E,  82d  P.V.—  discharged  July 

13,   1865  —  Vet.  —  wounded  at 

Childs,  Stephen.  . 

« 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Marye's  Heights  May  3,  1863. 
Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

'62  —  re-enlisted  —  transferred 

to   Co.    E,    82d    P.    V.-  dis 

Cronin,  John  .    .    . 
Dufford,  James  .  . 
Delaney,  Mich'l  F. 

«  i 
<  < 

Aug.     6,  '61    3 
Aug.  24,  '61    3 
Aug.     6,  '61    3 

charged  July  13,  1865.—  Vet. 
Killed  accidentally  Oct.  20,  '62. 
Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 
Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.  Feb.  28/63. 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 

OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM  —  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Davis,  Theodore  . 

Private  . 

Aug.  16,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  White  Oak  Swamp 

June  30,    1862,  and  at  Cold 

Harbor  —  re  enlisted  —  trans 

ferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.  V.— 

discharged  July  13,  '65.  —  Vet. 

Dewald,  Reuben  . 

<  ( 

Aug.  26,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Marye's   Heights 

May    3,    1863  —  re-enlisted  — 

transferred   to  Co.  E,  82d  P. 

V.—  dis.  July  13,  1865.—  Vet. 

Dyer,  Francis    .    . 

i  ( 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  trans,    to   Co.    E, 

82d   P.   V.—  discharged   July 

13,  1865—  Vet. 

Dubarry,   Robt.  S. 

(  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  K,  23d  P.V., 

Dec.  i,  1861. 

Dougherty,  Wm.  . 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Deserted  January  20,  1863. 

Earle,  James  C.    . 

Aug.  14,  '63 

3 

Deserted  Sept.  i,  1863. 

Foster,  Wm.  A.    . 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Wounded   five    times    at   Fair 

Oaks  May  31,  1862  —  disch. 

Farrell,  Wm.  .  .    . 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Aug.  7,  1861. 

Forsyth,  Colin  .    . 

Sept.    3,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64. 

Glenn,  John  L.  .  . 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Wound,   at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,    and    at  Cold    Harbor 

June    i,    1864  —  mustered  out 

with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Griffith,  John  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.  19,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  discharged    on     Surg. 

certificate  April  15,  1863. 

Granger,  Wm.  .    . 

" 

Jan.     28,  '64 

3 

Deserted  Feb.,  1864. 

Hough,  Wm.  .  .    . 

1  1 

Aug.  23,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  White  Oak  Swamp 

June  30,  1862  —  discharged  on 

Surgeon's   cer.    Jan.  3,  1863. 

Harris,  Wm.  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.  Oct.  17,  '62. 

Haviland,  John  .  . 

" 

Sept.    i,  '62 

3 

Trans,  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V.—  dis. 

on  G.  O.  June  17,  1865. 

Hagan,  Barnett  .  . 

(  ( 

Jan.    15,  '64 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V. 

—  discharged  July  13,  1865. 

Hughes,  Patrick   . 
Haley,  Patrick  .    . 

« 

Jan.     24,  '64 
Sept.    6,  '61 

3 
3 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V. 
Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31/62. 

Heiler,  Frank  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.   15,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Jan.  20,  1863. 

Helfitch,  Geo.  .    . 

" 

Aug.   15,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  deserted  Aug.,  1862. 

Hess,  Chas.  F.  .    . 

(  1 

Aug.  15,  '61 

3 

Disch.  on  writ  of  habeas  corpus, 

1862. 

Hardcastle,  James 

'< 

Aug.  20,  '61 

3 

Deserted  May,  1862. 

Johnson,  John  G.  . 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Wounded   at   Marye's  Heights 
May    3,    1863  —  mustered  out 
with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Jenkins,  Benjamin 

1  1 

Aug.  20,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 
E,  82d  P.  V.—  discharged  July 

13,  1865—  Vet. 

Jones,  Benjamin 

1  < 

Sept.     i,  '62 

'3 

Wounded  at  Gettysburg  July  3, 
1863—  trans,  to  Co.  E,  82d  P. 

V.  —  discharged    by  general 

order,  June  17,  1865. 

Kelly,  John  .... 

" 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 
i,  1862  —  discharged  on  Surg. 

certificate  April  15,  1863. 

Kelley,  Wm.  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.   10,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Aug.  ,  1862. 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Kane,  Thomas  .  .     Private  .     Aug.   10,  '61    3 

Deserted  May  i,  1864. 

Landis,  John  .    .    . 

t  t 

Aug.  10,  '61    3 

Died  Dec.  18,  1864,  of  wounds 

received  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  '64  —  bur.  at  Hampton,  Va. 

Lant,  John  A.    .    . 

(  ( 

Sept.  n,  '61    3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862—  transferred  to  Co.  E, 

82d  P.  V.—  disch.  Sept.,  1864. 

Linton,  Wm.  .   .    . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61    3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62. 

Lewis,  Edward  .  . 

" 

Aug.  13,  '61    3 

Deserted  Aug.,  1862. 

McCrossin,   David 

" 

Aug.  n,  '61    3 

Deserted  Jan.,  1863. 

McCarty,  Patrick  . 

" 

Aug.  10,  '61    3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  promoted  to  Sergeant 

July  17,  1864  —  reduced. 

Mickle,  Adin  B.   . 

I  ( 

Aug.  10,  '61    3 

Wounded    at    Cold    Harbor  — 

mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64. 

Michals,  Joseph  .  . 

" 

Aug.     6,  '61    3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks.  May  31, 

1862—  discharged    on     Surg. 

certificate  Aug.  12,  1862. 

Milford,  W.  \V.    . 

(  ( 

Aug.  21,  '62  ;  3   Trans,  to  Co.  E,  826.  P.  V.  and  B. 

|          lothV.R.C.—dis.  June  27/65. 

Morris,  Henry  W. 

1  1 

Nov.     i,  '61    3 

Transferred  to  Vet.  Res.  Corps 

Sept.  12,  1863. 

Munday,  Cornelius 

" 

Sept.    6,  '61  |  3 

Died  Aug.  19,  1862,  of  wounds 

rec.  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62. 

Myers,  Thomas  .  . 

" 

Aug.     6,  '61    3 

K'd  at  Cold  Harbor  June  1/64. 

Mack,  Geo.  W.  .  . 

" 

Nov.     i,  '61  !  3 

Deserted  Sept.  10,  1863. 

Mann,  Thomas  .   . 

t  i 

Aug.  20,  '61  |  3 

Deserted  Aug.,  1862. 

Michals,  Wm.  B.  . 

<  < 

Aug.     6,  '61    3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  discharged   on    Surg. 

certificate  Aug.  12,  1862. 

McCafferty,  Jas.    . 

" 

Aug.   15,  '61  i  3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

McDermott,  Philip 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 

McKenna,  James  . 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Wounded   at   Marye's  Heights 

May  3,  1863  —  absent  in  hospi 

tal  at  muster  out. 

McGuire,    Charles 

«  < 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Dis.  on  Surg.  cert.  Sept.  15/62. 

McGrey,  Wm.   .    . 

" 

Sept.    i,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V., 

and  to  Vet.  Res.  Corps  —  dis 

charged  June  26,  1865. 

McKinley,    Henry 

<  i 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Aug.,  1862. 

McEwen,  Lawr'nce 

" 

Aug.   15,  '61    3 

Deserted  Jan.,  1863. 

Pommer,  G.  A.    . 

" 

Aug.  10,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,  and  Cedar  Creek  Oct. 

19,     1864  —  re-enlisted  —  trans 

ferred  to  Co.  E,  82d   P.  V.— 

Palmer,  DeWitt  C. 

<  i 

Aug.  20,  '61 

3 

discharged  July  13,  '65.  —  Vet. 
Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

E,   82d  P.  V.—  died  Dec.  6, 

1864,  of  wounds  rec'd  at  Win 

chester  Sept.  19,  1864.  —  Vet. 

Pedrick,  Daniel  .  . 

" 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  discharged  Nov.  20/62 

—  re-enlisted    Aug.  8,  '63,  in 

Co.    H,   ist.   V.    R.  C.—  dis 

charged  Nov.  17,  1865. 

Robinson,  Wm.    . 

" 

Sept.     6,  '61 

3 

Wd.  at  Malvern  Hill  June  i,  '62 

and  Marye's  Heights  May  3, 

1863  —  mustered  out  writh  Co. 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Ruby,  Wm.    .    .    . 

<  i 

Feb.    20,  '62 

3 

Dis.  on  Surg.  cert.  Oct.  26,  '62. 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS  I 

REMARKS 

Roach,  John  .    .    . 

Private  . 

Aug. 

20, 

'61 

3 

Re-enlisted—transferred  to  Co. 

E,  82d  P.  V.—  discharged  July 

13,  1865.—  Vet. 

Riley,  Benj.  S.  .    . 

<  < 

July 

28, 

'61    3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  2id  P.V. 

Dec.  i,  1861. 

Reeves,  Howell    . 

<  < 

Sept. 

i, 

'61    3    Died    at  Washington,    D.    C., 

Feb.  4,  1862  —  buried  in  Mili 

tary  Asylum  Cemetery. 

Risley,  Annanias  . 

Aug. 

15, 

'61    3  i  Wounded   at  Marye's  Heights 

May    3,    1863—  captured     by 

Mosby  1864. 

Staismore,  Wm.   . 

" 

Sept. 

i, 

'61 

3 

Wounded,   bayonet  wound,    at 

Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864  — 

mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8/64. 

Smith,  James  M.  . 

« 

Aug. 

15, 

'61 

3    Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.  Jan.  23,  '63 
—re-enlisted  I.  A.  ig2d  P.  V. 

July  '64  —  disch.  Aug.  24,  '65. 

Smith,  Sherw'd  B.            "           Sept. 

24, 

'61    3    Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  transferred  to  Co.  E, 

82d  P.  V.—  dis.  Oct.  20,  '64. 

Slaysman,  Chas.  R.                      j  Aug. 

24, 

'62  |  3   Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V. 

—  disch.  by  G.O.,  June  17/65. 

Steele,  Washingt'n                       Aug. 

20, 

'61    3   Trans,    to  Co.   E,  82d   P.  V.— 

sentenced   to   Dry  Tortugas. 

Schall,  Anthony    .            "          j  Sept. 

I, 

'61  i  3    Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

E,    82d    P.    V.—  discharged 

July  17,  1865—  Vet. 

Still  well,  Cyrus  .  .            "           July 

13, 

'63    3 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V. 

—  disch.,  by  G  O.,  May  23,  '65. 

Stutzenbach,  Emil                        Aug. 

IO, 

'63    3   Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V. 

—  discharged  July,  1865. 

Schenck,  Adam    .            "           July 

15, 

'63    3    K'd  at  Cold  Harbor  June  1,^64. 

Smith,  Wm.   H.    . 

Sept. 

14) 

'61    3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,  and  at  Marye's  Heights 

May  3,    1863—  died  June  28, 

1864,  of  wounds   received  at 

Cold  Harbor  June  i,    1864— 

buried  in  National  Cemetery, 

Arlington,  Va. 

Smith,  Charles  .   . 

Sept. 

6, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862—  deserted  Jan.,  1863. 

Sands,  David  ...                      i  Sept. 

20, 

'61 

3 

Deserted  Jan.,  1863. 

Sodan,  Robert  .    .                        Sept. 

20, 

'61    3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 

J 

i,  1862—  deserted  July  3,  '63. 

Smith,  Frederick  .                       '  Jan. 

23, 

'64   3 

Deserted  Feb.  15,  1864. 

Sweeney,  John  .    .                         Jan. 

28, 

1  s-          1 

64   3 

Deserted  Feb.  15,  1864. 

Tripner,  Geo.  C.  .                         Aug. 
Truxall,  George   .    ;                      Jan. 

10, 

T3. 

'61    3 
'63   3 

Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.  Jan.  18,  '63. 
Transferred  to  Co.  E,  82d  P.V. 

Umstead,  Wm.  .  .   i                     Aug. 

10, 

'61    3    Died  July,  1862,  of  wounds  rec. 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

Wallace,  James  .  .                         Aug. 

29, 

'61    3   Transferred  to  Co.  K,  23d  P.V., 

Dec.  i,  1861. 

Young,  George  .  .                       ;  Aug. 

15, 

'61    3 

Deserted  Dec.  28,  1862. 

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COMPANY    I 

RECRUITED   AT    PHILADELPHIA 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

X 

K 
< 

X 
>« 

"S, 

-+ 
U 

REMARKS 

Frank  Granello  .  . 

Captain  . 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Resigned  Jan.  23,  1862. 

Chas.  C.  Haldem'n 

" 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Promoted  from  2d  Lieut.,  Jan. 

23,  1862  —  Resigned  Jan.  i,'63. 

Henry  A.Marchant 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Transferred  from  Co.  F—  killed 

at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

Gilbert  Adams  .  . 

ist  Lieut. 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Detached  Feb.,  1862,  on  Gen. 

L.  P.  Graham's  Staff. 

Jesse  S.  Williams  . 

2d  Lieut. 

Aug.  19,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Sgt,  July  i,  1862  ; 

to   2d   Lieut.,  Jan.   i,  1863  — 

mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Frank  Taylor  .  .    . 

ist  Sgt.  . 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to   2d  Lieut.  Co.  G, 

23d  P.  V.,  July  22,  1862. 

Russell  P.  Howard 

" 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  trans,    to   Co.   K, 

82d  P.  V.—  pro.  to  2d  Lieut. 

—  disch.  July  13,  1865—  Vet 

William  Morast  .  . 

Sergeant. 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Absent  at  muster  out. 

Wm.  R.  Hall  .       . 

" 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 

James  M.  Smith  . 

" 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 

John  Reen  .... 

" 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  G,  23d  P.V. 

Robt.  G.  Bartel    . 

i  < 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Wounded   at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862  —  pro.   from   ranks  — 

mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Wm.  Stevens  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,    1864  —  pro.    from    ranks  — 

mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept. 

8,  1864. 

Wm.  D.  Sloan  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.  28,  '62 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

T,  1864—  trans,  to  Co.  C,  82d 

P.  V.  —  disch.  June  17,  1865. 

Wm.  H.  Myers  .  . 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '6r 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  trans,    to   Co.   K, 

82d  P.  V.  —  pro.  to  2d  Lieut. 

—  wd.    at    Marye's    Heights, 

May  3,  1863  —  killed  at  Sailor's 

Creek,  April  6,  1865. 

John  B.  Bowers  .  . 

a 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Promoted  from  ranks  —  died  of 

wounds     received     at    Cold 

Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

Edward  McMahon 

Corporal. 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

James  McComb  .  . 

Aug.   13,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Stephen  Palmer  .  . 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 

Daniel  H.  Pedrick 

Aug.  13,  '6r 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 

Jacob   F.  Albright 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Charles  Voight  .  . 
Oliver  McFadden  . 

Sept.     i,  '61 
Aug.  13,  '61 

3 
3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 
Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,    1864  —  mustered   out   with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Elias  Lomax  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.  24,  '62 

3 

Wounded   at   Gettysburg.  July 

3,  1863—  trans,  to  Co.  H,  82d 

P.  V.—  disch.  July  17,  1865— 

Vet. 

John  G.  Franklin  . 

" 

Aug.  27,  '62 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

T,  1864  —  trans,  to  Co.  H,  82d 

P.  V.—  promoted  to  Sgt.  Co. 

I—  disch.  Tulv  17,  1865—  Vet. 

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NAME 

DATE 
RANK            OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM  —  YEARS 

REMARKS 

John  S.  Ohmit    .    . 

Corporal.    Sept.    4,  '61    3    Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,    1864  —  re-enlisted  —  trans. 

to  Co.  H.  82d   P.  V.—  disch. 

July  17,  1865—  Vet. 

Henry  Zimmerman 

" 

Sept.     4,  '61    3    Wounded   at   Gettysburg,  July 

3,  1863—  killed  at  Cold  Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864. 

John  L.  Grubb  .    . 

Sept.     4,  '61  i  3  '  Wounded  and  captured  at  Cold 

Harbor,  June  i,  1864  —  re-en 

listed—trans,  to  Sad  P.  V.  — 

disch.  July  17,  1865  —  Vet. 

Frank  Murphy  .    . 

Musician. 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Henry  Laing  .  .    .                         Aug.  13,  '61    3 
Albertson,  Sam.W.    Private  .     Aug.  13,  '61  i  3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 
Mustered  out  with  Co.,    Sept. 

8,  1864. 

Aston,  Isaac 

July      i,  '63   3    Drafted—  trans,  to  Co.  H,  82d 

P.  V.—  disch.  July  13,  1865. 

Bayley  James  C.  .            "           Aug.  13,  '61    3    Re-enlisted  —  trans,   to   Co.  H, 

82d  P.    V.—  wd.   at  Sailor's 

Creek,  April  6,  1865—  disch. 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Brown   John  E.    .                        '  Aug.  13,  '61    3    Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i, 

1864. 

Beck,  John  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  trans,   to   Co.  H, 

82d  P.  V.—  wounded  at  Cold 

Harbor,  June  i,  1864  —  disch. 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Butcher,  Alex.  M. 

Aug.     6.  '61    T.    Re-enlisted  —  trans,    to   Co.  H, 

82d   P.    V.—  disch.    July    13, 

1865—  Vet. 

Butcher,  Robt.  A.                         Mar.    19,  '63    3    Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.  V. 

—  discharged  June  20,  1865. 

Berger,  Abram  H. 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3  i  Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights, 

May    3,    1863  —  re-enlisted— 

trans,  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.  V.— 

disch.  Tune  20,  1865  —  Vet. 

Butler,  Joseph   .    . 

Auk.   13,  '61  !  3    Re-enlisted  —  trans,    to   Co.   H, 

82d   P.  V.—  discharged   July 

13,  1865—  Vet. 

Berg,  John  D.    .    . 

<  i 

Aug.     8,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted—trans,   to   Co.   H, 
82d   P.    V.—  discharged  July 

13,  1865—  Vet. 

Booth,  Thomas  .  . 

Aug.     3,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  trans,  to  Co.   H,  82d 

P.  V.—  disch.  July  13,  1865. 

Boyd,  Robert  .  .    . 

Aug.  19,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 
i,  1862  ;  at  Gettysburg,  July 
3,  1863,  and  at  Cold  Harbor, 

June    i,    1864  —  re-enlisted  — 

trans,  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.  V.— 

disch.  July  13,  1865  —  Vet. 

Blair,  William  P.  .                         Aug.  13,  '61  ;  3    Killed  at  "Fair  Oaks,  May  31/62. 

Brown,  Edwin  C.  .                         Aug.  13/61    3  j  Re-enlisted  —  wd.    at    Marye's 

Heights,  May  3,  r  863—  killed 

at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864 

—Vet. 

Brooks,  Geo.  \Y.  . 

t  ( 

Aug.  13,  '61    3    Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights, 

May  3,  1863  —  disch.,  date  un- 

known. 

Barrett,  John  .  .    . 

" 

July     15,  '63 

3 

Deserted  Aug.  24,  1863. 

Burns,  James  .    .    . 

Feb.  18,  '63 

3    Deserted  Dec.,  1863. 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Boas,  Jacob  R.  .    .     Private  .     Aug. 

10, 

'63 

3    Drafted  —  deserted  Mar.  14,  '64. 

Burns,  John    .    .    . 

Aug. 

12, 

'63 

3    Drafted  —  deserted  Mar.  18,  '64. 

Bulner,  Edward    . 

;  Aug. 

J3> 

'61 

3    Trans,  to  Co.  K,  23d  P.  V. 

Bartell,  John  .  .    . 

Aug. 

T3, 

'61 

3    Wounded   at   Fair   Oaks,  May 

31,  1862  —  absent  in  hospital 

at  muster-out. 

Christy,  John  .  .    . 

« 

Sept 

i, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864—  disch.  Sept.,  1864. 

Coakley,  John    .    . 

" 

Aug. 

J3> 

'61 

3    Discharged   on   Surgeon's  cer 

I 

tificate,  date  unknown. 

Cline,  Frank  .    .    . 

July 

28, 

'63   3    Drafted—  trans,  to   Co.  H,  82d 

P.  V.—  disch.  July  13,  1865. 

Crandell,  Charles,  j 

Aug. 

12, 

'63 

3 

Deserted  Aug.  24,  1863. 

Cooley,  Joseph  .  .                        Aug. 

6, 

'61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  trans,  to  82d  P.V. 

—disch.  July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Carpenter,  \Ym.   .            "          Aug. 

13, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  and  captured  at  Cold 

Harbor,    June    i,    1864  —  died 

Feb.  21,  1865,  of  wounds  re 

ceived  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864  ;  buried  ist  Div.,  Gen. 

Hospital  Cemetery,  Annapo 

lis,  Md. 

Childs,  John      •    •             " 

Aug. 

13, 

'61 

3 

Killed  at  Malvern    Hill,  July  i, 

1862. 

Coles,  James  M.D.                      !  Aug. 

!3> 

'61 

3    Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Crear,  Harry  H.  .             "           Aug. 

J3> 

'61 

3   Transferred  to  Co.  H.  23d  P.V. 

Dunbar,  Robt.  S.  . 

Aug. 

J3, 

'61 

3    Mus.  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Detrick,  Joseph  .  .   ! 

Aug. 

19, 

'61 

3   Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,    1864—  mustered   out  with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Daily,  James  ...             " 

Aug. 

30, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 

1862  —  mustered  out  with  Co., 

Sect.  8.  1864. 

Dunbar,  Thomas  .             " 

Sept. 

4, 

'61 

3   Mustered  out'  with   Co.  ,  Sept. 

Dickey,  Wm.  M.  . 

I  4 

Sept. 

4, 

'61 

8,  1864. 
3    Wounded   at   Fair   Oaks,  May 

31,  1862—  discharged  on  Sur- 

areon's  cert.,  date  unknown. 

Dean,  Joseph  ...             "           Sept. 

4, 

'61    3    Re'-enlisted—  transferred  to  82d 

P.  V.—  Vet. 

Dome,  Frederick  .            "          Aug. 

12, 

'63   3    Deserted  Aug.  24,  1863. 

Dunkle,  John  ...                         July 

ii, 

'63    3    Drafted—  trans,  to  82d  P.  V. 

Duffy,  William  .    .   \          "           Aug. 

!3> 

'61 

3    Transferred  to  Co.  P,  23d  P.V. 

Dick,  John  M.   .    .             "           Aug. 
Dinsmore,  John  .  .             "           Aug. 
Eisenberger,  Mart             "           Sept. 

13, 

J3> 
i, 

'61 
'61 
'61 

3    Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 
3    Transferred  to  Co.  K,  23d  P.V. 
3    Absent  sick  at  muster-out. 

Foster,  Wm.  A.    .                        Aug. 
Francis,  Henry  P.             "           Aug 

13, 

!3> 

'61    3    Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 
'61    3    Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Fry,  David  ....                         Sept. 

I, 

'61    3    Absent    on    detached    service 

Fallen,  John  ...             "          July 

15, 

'63 

in  ist  Pa.  Artillery. 
3    Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.  H, 

Fry,  Jacob  B.  .  .    .             "           Aug. 
Fisher,  William  ..             "           Feb. 

II, 

8, 

'63 
'64 

82d  P.  V. 
3    Drafted  —  deserted  Mar.  i,  1864. 
3    Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 

Fullerton,  J.  .    .    .             "           Aug. 
Gormley,  John  .    .             "           Aug. 

17, 

20, 

'64 
'61 

3    Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 
3    Wounded   at   Fair   Oaks,  May 

31,  1862  —  mustered  out  with 

Grubb,  Jacob  A.  .             "           Aug. 

2O, 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 
'61    3    Mus.  out  with  Co.  ,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

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239 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Goodsmith,  Frank 

Private  .     Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H,    82d   P.   V.  —  discharged 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Green,  William  .  . 

<  < 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted—transferred  to  Co. 

H,    82d   P.  V.  —  discharged 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Goodwin,  John  .  . 

u 

Aug.   13,  '61 

3 

Died  in  service,  date  unknown. 

Gibbs,  Charles  .    . 

(  1 

Aug.  12,  '63 

3 

Deserted  Aug.  24,  1863. 

Hambright,  C.K.  . 

(  ( 

Aug.  19,  '61 

3 

Discharged   Feb.    14,  1863,   by 

order  of  Secretary  of  War. 

Harris,  Samuel  .  . 

Sept.    4,  '6  1 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H,    82d   P.    V.  —  discharged 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Henderson,  Jacob 

i  < 

July     10,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  transferred  to  Co.  H, 

8id  P.  V.—  disch.  July  13,  '65. 

Harrington,  Jacob 

" 

July      6,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.  H, 

82d  P.  V.—  discharged  by  G. 

O.,  Aug.  3,  1865. 

Hess,  Gottlieb  .    . 

i  < 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.  H, 

82d  P.  V.—  disch.  July  13/65. 

Hernley,  Abr'm  H. 

t  < 

Aug.   13,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted—transferred  to  Co. 

H,   82d   P.    V.  —  discharged 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Harrie,  Emil  .  .    . 

" 

July     n,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  deserted  Mar.  u,  '64. 

Holmes,  John    .    . 

(  < 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 

Irwin,  William  .    .             "           Aua:.   IQ.  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted—  transferred  to  Co. 

H,    82d   P.   V.  —  discharged 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Kline,  George  H. 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Died  Jan.  i,    1863  ;    buried    at 

|                    [ 

Alexandria,  Va.,  grave  653. 

Kerr,  John  .... 

« 

Aug.  20,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  82d 

P.    V.—  discharged  July    17, 

1865—  Vet. 

Kling,  John    .    .    . 

'  ' 

Aug.     3,  '61 

3 

Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.  H, 
82d  P.   V.  —  deserted  Aug. 

24,  1864. 

Lee,  John    .... 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted—transferred  to  Co. 

H,    82d  P.   V.  —  discharged 

July  13,  1865—  Vet. 

Lewenberg,  Jos. 

" 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Discharged    by  order  of  Gen. 

Heintzelman. 

Lewis,  Henry  C.  . 
Lucas,  Albert  G.   . 

Aug.  13,  '61 
Aug.  13,  '61 

3 
3 

Discharged  Dec.,  1862. 
Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 
i,  1862  —  disch.  for  wounds. 

Markley,  Samuel  . 
Moss,  Madison   B. 

Aug.  13,  '61 
Aug.  20,  '61 

3 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 
Wounded   at   Fair  Oaks,  May 

Maloney,  Wm.  M. 
Mitchell,    Thomas 

Miller,  Robert 
Murry,  John  .    .    . 


31,  1502 — discn.  on  ourg.  ceri. 

Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights, 
May  3,  1863— discharged  on 
Surgeon's  certificate. 

Re-enlisted—transferred  to  Co. 
H,  82d  P.  V. — wounded  at 
Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862— 
disch.  July  13,  1865— Vet. 

Re-enlisted—transferred  to  Co. 
H,  82d  P.  V.— wounded  at 
Mine  Run,  Nov.,  1863— disch. 
July  13,  1865— Vet. 

12,  '61    3  Drafted     transferred  to  Co.  H, 
82d  P.  V. — disch.  July  13,  '65. 


Aug.  13,  '61  3 

Sept.     i,  '61  3 

Aug.  19,  '61  3 
Aug 


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NAME 


RANK 


DATE 

OK  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 


REMARKS 


Feb. 

10, 

'63 

3 

;  Aug. 

20, 

'61 

3 

Aug. 

?3, 

'61 

3 

Aug. 

13, 

'61 

3 

Sept. 

4, 

'61 

3 

'3 


Morris'n,  Geo. E.L.    Private  .     Aug.  10,  '63    3 


Meyers,  William  . 
Maholland,    Thos. 


Mahoney,  Dennis 
McMisk,  John  .  . 
McCoffee,  Robt.  . 


McMeekin,  Robt. . 


McCucken,   Andr. 
McCullen,  Henry  . 

Nolen,  Patrick  .    . 

Nargrave,  Wood'd 
Osborn,  Isaac  E.  . 


Rodgers,    John  B. 

Rolin,  John  A.  .  . 
Raphund,John  H. 

Rodgers,  John  .  . 
Reed,  Abner  H.  . 

Rakes,  James  H.  . 
Richards,  Thos.  . 
Rhoades,  Henry  . 
Ruth,  Beneville  S. 


Shue,  George 


Spence,   Samuel 
Stull,  Edward  L.  . 
Siple,   Benjamin    . 


Stauffer,  Abraham 


Seifred,  Geo.  H. 


Nov. 

13, 

'62 

3 

Aug. 

13 

'61 

3 

Sept. 

4, 

'61 

i  Aug. 

13, 

'61 

3 

Aug. 

6, 

'61 

3 

Sept. 

4, 

'61 

3 

Feb. 

i, 

'63 

3 

Sept. 

i, 

'61 

3 

Aug. 

12, 

'63 

3 

Aug. 

10, 

'63 

3 

Oct. 

8, 

'62 

3  ! 

July 

17, 

'63 

3  i 

Aug. 

13, 

'63 

:3 

July 

10, 

'63 

3 

Sept. 

i, 

'61 

3 

Aug. 

13, 

'61 

3 

Aug. 

!9, 

'61 

3 

Aug. 

13, 

'61 

3 

Sept. 

4, 

'61 

3 

Sept. 

4, 

'61 

3 

Drafted— killed  at  Cold  Har 
bor,  June  i,  1864. 

Deserted  Aug.  24,  1863. 

Re-enlisted — transferred  to  Co. 
H,  82d  P.  V.— discharged 
July,  1865— Vet. 

Transferred  to  6ist  P.  V. 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 
1862 — re-enlisted  —  trans,  to 
Co.  H,  82d  P.  V.— Vet. 

Re-enlisted — transferred  to  Co. 
H,  82d  P.  V.— wounded  at 
Gettysburg,  July  3,  1863— 
discharged  July  13,  '65 — Vet. 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 

Re-enlisted — absent  at  muster 
out— Vet. 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.V. 
— discharged  Sept. ,  1864. 

Discharged  Aug.  16,  1861. 

Transferred  from  Co.  K,  23d  P. 
V.— mustered  out  with  Co., 
Sept.  8,  1864. 

Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights, 
May  3,  1863 — transferred  to 
82d  P.  V. 

Transferred  to  82d  P.  V. 

Re-enlisted — transferred  to  82d 
P.V. — disch.Julyi7,'65 — Vet. 

Drafted — transferred  to  Co.  H, 
82d  P.  V.— disch.  July  13,  '65. 

Drafted— killed  at  Cold  Har 
bor,  June  i,  1864. 

Deserted  Jan.  31,  1863. 

Drafted — deserted  March  9/64. 

Deserted  March  9,  1864. 

Drafted  —  wounded  and  cap 
tured  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i, 
1864 — Died  in  Andersonville, 
Nov.  16,  1864,  of  wounds  ; 
grave  12,048. 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 
i,  1864 — mustered  out  with 
Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 
i,  1862 — discharged  on  Surg. 
cert.,  April  4,  1863. 

Re-enlisted — transferred  to  Co. 
H,  82d  P.  V.— wounded  at 
Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864 — 
disch.  July  13,  1865 — Vet. 
Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 
i,  1864 — re-enlisted  —  trans, 
to  Co.  H,  82d  P.  V.— died  of 
wounds  rec'd  at  Cold  Harbor. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


241 


NAME 

DATE 
RANK            OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Shaffer,  Jacob   .    . 

Private  .     July    n,  '61 

3 

Drafted  —  transferred  to  Co.  H, 

82d  P.  V.—  disch.  July  13/65. 

Sherick,  John  .  .    . 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  White  Oak  Swamp, 

June,  1862—  absent  in  hospi 

tal  at  muster-out. 

Staub,  John    .    .    . 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Drowned  Aug.  18,  1861. 

Stevens,  Kennedy 

Apr.   13,  '61 

3 

Disch.  Apr.  28/62  onSurg.  cert. 

Stoub,  Peter  .    .    . 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Smeck,  Franklin  . 

Aug.   13,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  K,  23d  P.V. 

Shenberger,  Jas.  . 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Wounded   at   Fair   Oaks,  May 

31,  1862  —  absent  in   hospital 

at  muster-out. 

Todd,  Jacob  .    .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wd.  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  1/64 

—  re-enlisted  —  trans,  to  82d  P. 

V.  —  disch  July  17,  '65  —  Vet. 

Thedford,  Thos.  . 

Oct.      8,  '62 

3 

Transferred  to   Co.   H,  82d  P. 

V.  —  discharged  July  13,  1865. 

Tinestin,  Charles  . 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Updegroff,  Julius  . 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Mus.  out  with  Co.,  Sept.  8,  '64. 

Will,  Norman  S.  . 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds   rec'd 

at  Fair  Oaks. 

Wallis,  Charles  .  , 

Sept.    8,  '62 

3 

Discharged  by  order  of  Maj.- 

Gen.  Heintzelman. 

Wike,  George  W. 

"           Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred    to     Co.    H,    82  d 

• 

P.    V.  —  Missing    at    Marye's 

Heights,  May  3,  1863  —  wd.  at 

Cold  Harbor,  June   i,   1864  — 

discharged  Sept.,  1864. 

Wayne,  John  H.   . 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 

i,  1862  —  absent  in  hospital  at 

muster-out. 

Wagoner,  \Vm.  .  . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted  July  2,  1863. 

Welding,  James    . 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  82d 

P.  V—  wounded  at  Cold  Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864. 

Yentzer,  Christian 

"           Aug.  19,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  Co. 

H,    82d  P.   V.—  wounded   at 

Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864. 

Yinger,  Abraham  . 

July     12,  '63 

3 

Transferred  to  82d  P.  V. 

COMPANY    li 

RECRUITED    AT    PHILADELPHIA 


Fred'k  F.  Cavada. 

Henry  Rees,  Jr.    . 
Louis  J.  Howard  . 

Captain.  . 

i  i 
ist  Lt  .  . 

Aug.     6,  '61 

Aug.    4,  '61 
Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

3 
3 

Resigned  July  20,  '62  —  com.  Lt.- 
Col.    ii4th    P.    V.  —  Com.- 
in-chief   Cuban    Insurgents  — 
captured    by  Spaniards    and 
executed  July,  '71,  Mercades, 
Cuba. 
Prom,  to  Capt.,  July  20,  1862  — 
Com.  Major  23d  P.  V.  —  mus. 
out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 
Resigned    1862  to  accept   Cap 
taincy  on  staff  of  Gen.  E.  D. 
Keyes. 

242 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


CO 

« 

DATE 

w 

NAME 

RANK        ;     OF  MUSTER 

"j 

REMARKS 

INTO  SERVICE 

S 

w 

Edward  B.  Wilson,    ist  Lt. .  .     Aug.     2,  '61    3 


James  M.  Linnard. 
Jas.  G.  Williamson 


2d  Lt 


Wm.  H.  Nealle  .  .   ,  ist  Sgt 
Alfred  H.  Gifford.     Serg't . 

Geo.  E.  Webb  . 


Abram  Fink  .    .    . 
Ira  Webster  .    .    . 

John  Dinsmore  .    . 
Fred'k  P.  Simon  . 

Franklin  Smeck    . 


Aug.  2,  '61 

Aug.  24,  '61 

Aug.  6,  '61 

Aug.  6,  '61 


J.  C.    McLaughlin. 
Jas.  J. 


Aug.  n,  '61 

Sept.    4,  '61 


Bolestridge. 


Jesse  H.  Cornell   . 


Alonzo  Engleman. 
John  Gorman  .  . 


John  J.  Howe    .    . 


John  F.  Hild  .    .    . 


Corp. 


Aug.     6,  '61 
Aug.    6,  '61 


Aug.     6,  '61 
Aug.     6,  '61 


Aug.     6,  '61  ;  3 


Aug.     6,  '61 
Aug.     6,  '61 


Aug.  13,  '61    3 


Aug.     6,  '61  I  3 


Aug.     6,  '61    3 


Sept.    9,  '61  '  3 


Wd.  at  Gettysburg  July  3,  '63 — 
prom.  2d  Lt.  Aug.  31,  '62,  to 
ist  Lt.  Sept.  i,  '63 — mustered 
out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Promoted  to  ist  Lt.  Co.  H,  23d 
P.  V.,  Aug.  25,  1862. 

Promoted  from  Sergt.  July  i, 
1863— died  June  2,  1864,  of 
wounds  received  at  Cold  Har 
bor  June  i,  1864. 

Discharged  July  17,  1862  for 
wounds  received  at  Malvern 
Hill  July  i,  1862. 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 
1862— prom,  to  Sergt.  Aug. 
i,  1862 — mustered  out  with 
Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Disch.  on  Surg.  cert.  Sept.  25, 
'62 — re-enlisted  Dec.  12,  '63, 
Co.  M,  3d  N.  Jersey  Cav. — 
disch.  Sergt. -Maj.  Aug.  1/65 
— com.  istLt. — not  mustered. 

Discharged  of  Surg.  cert.  Jan.. 
1863. 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 
1862 — prom,  to  Sergt.-Major 
23d  P.  V.,  Aug.  31,  1862. 

Re-enlisted — transferred  to  82d 
P.V. — disch.  July  17/65 — Vet. 

Re-enlisted — transferred  to  82d 
P.  V.  —  discharged  July  17, 
1865— Yet. 

Re-enlisted—transferred  to  82d 
P.  V.  — discharged  July  17, 
1865— Vet. 

Died  Aug.  6,  1862. 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 
'62 — wounded  twice  at  Cold 
Harbor,  June  i,  '64 — prom, 
to  Corp.  Oct.,  1862— must. 
out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  July 
i,  1862 — prom,  to  Corp.  Sept. 
1863 — mustered  out  with  Co. 
Sept.  8,  1864. 

Died  May,  1863. 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June, 
i,  1864 — prom,  to  Corp.  May 
i,  1864 — must,  out  with  Co. 
Sept.  8,  1864. 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 
1862 — wounded  and  captured 
at  Cold  Harbor  June  i,  '64 — 
released  April  7,  '65 — re-en 
listed — discharged  June  20, 
1865— Vet. 

Died  of  wounds  received  in 
front  of  Petersburg,  Aug.  i, 
1864. 


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243 


NAME 


RANK 


DATE 

OP-  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 


REMARKS 


W.  H.  Lancashire.     Corporal.    Aug 
Maurice  L.  Spear.  ' 


G.  W.  Woodhouse 
John  Zaun  .  .  .  . 
H.  G.  Edmundson  Musician. 

James  K.  Millman 

Daniel  Williams  . 
Armstrong,  H.  J.  .  Private  . 

Albertson,  Levi  B. 
Allen,  John  .  .  . 

Armstrong,  C.  E. . 
Borland,  Jas.  W.  . 


Bishop,  Edward  . 
Bagley,  Richard  . 
Bulmer,  Edward  . 


Brown,  Jos.  C.  .    . 
Bishop,  Samuel  S. 


Bower,  George  .   . 
Beardmore,  T.  C. 

Bryon,  Charles  H. 
Boyle,  Isaac  .    . 


Boyd,  James  .    .    . 
Barger,  Jacob    .    . 


Badger,  Augustine 
Brown,  John  .  .  . 
Brenan,  Angus.  . 
Bothnel,  John.  .  . 
Bennett,  Henry  .  . 


Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate 

Sept.  15,  1861. 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  82d 

P.   V.—  wd.    at  Cold  Harbor, 

June  i,    1864  —  disch.  July  17, 

1865—  Vet. 

;'Aug.     6,  '61    3 

Discharged  on  Surg.   certificate 

Aug.  12,  1862. 

Aug.     6,  '61    3    Killed  at  Cold  Harbor  June  i, 

1864. 

Aug.  13,  '61    3    Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  82d 

P.  V.  —  discharged  July    17, 

1865—  Vet. 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3    Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  82d 

P.  V.  —  discharged  July  17,  '65 

—Vet. 

Feb.     8,  '64 

3 

Transferred  to  82d  P.  V.—  dis 

charged  July  13,  1865. 

Sept.    5,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8, 

1864. 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.  V. 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Died  March  10,   1862,  buried  in 

Military  Asylum  Cem.,  D.  C. 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  deserted  April  28, 

1864—  Vet. 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Gettysburg  July  3, 

1863  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

Sept.  8,  1864. 

Aug.     6,  '61    3    Must,  out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  64. 

Aug.     6,  '61  :  3    Disch.  Surg.  cert.  July  ip,  1862. 

Aug.     6,  '61    i    Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862—  discharged  Surg.  cert. 

Sept.  25,  1862. 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to  Co.  M.,  23d  P.  V. 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  82d 

P.   V.—  discharged    July    17, 

1865—  Vet. 

Aug.   13,  '61    3 

Died  Nov.  21,  1861. 

Sept.    4,  '61    3    Died  June  6,  1864,  of  wounds 

received  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  1864. 

Aug.     6,  '61    3 

Wounded  in  front  of  Richmond 

June  8,  1862—  killed   at  Cold 

Harbor  June  i,  1864. 

Aug.     6.  '61    ^ 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

c» 

1862  —  re-enlisted  —  deserted 

April  28,  1864—  Vet. 

Aug.,        '61 

3    Deserted  —  date  unknown. 

Aug.,        '61 

3    Died  April  27,  1865,  of  wounds 

received   in  front  of   Peters 

burg  —  buried  at    Portsmouth 

Grove,  R.  I. 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3  I  Drafted—  deserted  May  5,  1864. 

Aug.   13,  '63 

T,    Drafted  —  deserted  Sept.  20,  '63. 

Aug.  u,  '63    ^    Drafted  —  deserted  Jan.  5,  1864. 

July     28,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  deserted  Aug.  16,  '63. 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  I,  23d  P.  V. 

244 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM  —  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Cooney,  Jas.  G.    . 

Private  . 

Aug.     6,  '16 

3 

Died  June  2,  1862,   of  wounds 

received  at  Fair  Oaks  May 

31,  1862. 

Colgan,  James   .    . 
Craig,  David  K.    . 

\\ 

Aug.  13,  '61 
Aug.  24,  '61 

3 
3 

Must.out  with  Co.  Sept.  8,  '64. 
Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862,  Marye's  Heights  May  3, 

1863—  disch.    on    Surg.    cert. 

Dec.  i,  1863. 

Carmines,  Thos.   . 

i  < 

Aug.     6,  '61 

^ 

Discharged  on  Surg.  cert.,  July 

20,  1862. 

Carstaire,  Robt.  L. 

Sept.  18,  '61 

2 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.  V. 

Costello,  Wm.    . 

Dec.   24,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  82d  P.  V. 

—discharged  Dec.  13,  1864. 

Carnahan,  Robt. 

Sept.    6,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.  13,  1864. 

Clay,  Frank    .    .    . 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  trans,  to  82d  P.  V. 

Caldwell,  Andrew. 

Aug.    6,  '63 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62. 

Collins,  James  .    . 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  Oct.  i,  1863. 

Cummings,  Thos. 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster  out  roll. 

Davis,  Wm.  A.  .  . 

Sept.  15,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.  V. 

Deacon,  Howard  . 
Donnelly,  James  . 

Sept.  16,  '61 
Aug.    6,  '61 

3 
3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.  V. 
Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  82d 

P.  V.—  wounded  at  Cold  Har 

bor  June  i,    1864—  disch.  July 

17,  1865—  Vet. 

Donaghey,  John  . 

" 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  82d 

P.  V.—  killed  at  Winchester 

Sept.  19,  1864—  Vet. 

Duncan,  William  . 

" 

Aug.     i,  '61 

3 

Transferred  from   Co.  F  —  re- 

enlisted—trans,  to  82d  P.  V. 

—  discharged  July  13,  1865. 

Davis,  Arthur    .    . 

" 

Sept.    9,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,    1864—  transferred    to  82d 

P.  V. 

Davis,  Dennis    .    . 

Sept.    5,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  82d  P.  V. 

Dougherty,  Patrick 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  trans,  to  82d  P.  V. 

Dougherty,  John  . 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  trans,  to  82d  P.  V. 

Dugan,  James    .    . 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov.  15,  1862. 

Daily,  Hiram  .    .    . 

Aug.  30,  '64 

3 

Not  on  muster  out  roll. 

Dunlevy,  Louis  .  . 

Aug.  10,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  deserted  1863. 

Eisenbarth,  Edw.  . 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  wd.    at   Marye's 
Heights,  May  3,  1863—  killed 
at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i,  1864 

—Vet. 

Ellis,  Geo.  F.    .    . 

1  1 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov.  26,  1861. 

Ennis,  Isaac  H.     . 

i  c 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 

Farren,Wm.  J.  .    . 

" 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 

i,  1862  —  mustered    out    with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Finley,  Wm.  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  82d 

P.    V.  —  discharged    July    17, 

^1865—  Vet. 

Fox,  Geo.  F.  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Died  Jan.  25,  1862. 

Farrow,  Geo.  W.  . 

i  < 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  deserted  Feb.  12,. 

1864  -  Vet. 

Grindred,  John  .  . 

11 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862  —  discharged  on  Surg. 

cert.,  Oct.  i,  1862. 

Graham,  Thomas. 

" 

Sept.     i,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  deserted  Feb.  12, 

1864—  Vet. 

PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


245 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

M 
tf 

< 
W 
>• 

s 

Bi 
U 
(H 

REMARKS 

Granello,  Geo.  W. 

Private  . 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  82d  P.  V.—  dis 

charged. 

Hall,  William  H.  . 

"           Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

• 

ficate,  Nov.  15,  1862. 

Havens,  Joseph  .  .    ,         "           Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  A,  23d  P.V. 

Hicks,  Thomas  .  . 

Sept.  10,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.V. 

Hamilton,  Wilson. 

(  4 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  '62. 

Harp,  Jacob  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.     2,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  trans,  from  Co.  F, 

23d    P.   V.—  killed    at  Cold 

Harbor,  June  i,  1864  —  Vet. 

Hankins,  Geo.  J.  .                        Feb.     8,  '64 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  July  30,  1864. 

Hoffman,  John  F.  . 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Deserted  July  30,  1864. 

Hamilton,  Wm.    .            " 

July    22,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  May  9,  1864. 

Hollock,  Thomas. 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Harty,  Michael  .    . 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Deserted,  date  unknown. 

Illson,  Richard  .    . 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Died  June  15,  1862,  of  wounds 

received  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862. 

Jones,  \Vm.    .    .    . 

" 

Sept.  12,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.V. 

Joynes,  Richmond. 

(  ( 

Aug.    4,  '64 

3    Trans,  to  82d  P.  V.,  July  13/65. 

Krepps,  Peter.  .    . 

<  1 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept. 

8,   1864. 

Kelly,  James  .    .    . 

"           Sept.  u,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 

i,  1862—  trans,  to  82d  P.  V. 

Kelly,  John  .... 

Aug.  10,  '63(3 

Drafted  —  trans,  to  82d  P.  V. 

Krunnshield,  J.  H.  !                     Aug.     6,  '61    3    Re-enlisted  —  deserted  July  21, 

Kaesch,  Herman  . 
Kelly,  John  T.    .    . 
Kafer,  Pierson  . 
Kardner,  George  . 
Lane,  Joseph  .    .    . 

Lewis,  Samuel  S. 

Lelarge,  Wm.  .  . 
Lane,  Daniel  .  .  . 
Murgatroyd,  John. 

Murphy,  Richard  . 

Maxwell,  Chas.  A. 
Meehan,  John  S.  . 

Meehan,  Thomas . 
Mergenthaler,  C.  . 
Matlack,  Wm.  H. 
Mason,  Daniel  .  . 

Miles,  Wm.  J.  .  . 
McByrne,  Chas.  . 

McKnight,  Jonn  . 
McMinn,  Harry  H. 

McGuire,  Chas.  F. 
McKim,  Henry  .  . 
McComb,  Thomas 


Aug.     6,  '61 
Aug.  10,  '63 
|  July     29,  '63 
;  July     28,  '63 
Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

3 
3 
3 
3 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Aug.     6,  '61 
Aug.     6,  '61 
Aug.     6,  '61 

3 
3 
3 

Jan.       7,  '62 

3 

Sept.  20,  '61 
Feb.   18,  '62 

i 

Feb.    18,  '62 
Aug.     i,  '63 
Aug.     6,  '61 
Aug.  10,  '63 

3 
3 
3 
3 

Aug.     6,  '61 
Aug.   13,  '61 

3 
3 

Aug.    6,  '6.1 

3 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Aug.     6,  '61 
Jan.     28,  '62 
July     15,  '63! 

3 
3 
3 

1864— Vet. 

Deserted  July  12,  1863. 

Drafted — deserted  May  9,  1864. 

Drafted— deserted  Apr.  i,  1864. 

Drafted — deserted  Aug.  16,  '63. 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept. 
8,  1864. 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept. 
8,  1864. 

Deserted  Oct.  17,  1861. 

Transferred  to  82d  P.  V. 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept. 
8,  1864. 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 
ficate,  Nov.  10,  1862. 

Transferred  to  Co.  M,  23d  P.  V. 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 
i,  1864— trans,  to  82d  P.  V. 

Transferred  to  82d  P.  V. 

Drafted— trans,  to  82d  P.  V. 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.V. 

Drafted— killed  at  Cold  Har 
bor,  June  i,  1864. 

Missing  at  Fair  Oaks. 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  Sept. 
8,  1864. 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 
ficate,  Nov.  4,  1862. 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 
ficate,  Nov.  30,  1861. 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 

Transferred  to  Co.  B,  23d  P.V. 

Drafted— trans,  to  82d  P.  V. 


246 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGLMENT 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

McKim,  Wm.     .    . 

Private  . 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Wd.  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  1/64 

—trans,  to  82d  P.  V.—  Vet. 

McKim,  Chas.    .    . 

<  < 

Jan.    28,  '62 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor  June 

i,  1864—  trans,   to  82d   P.  V. 

McCleary,  Wm.    . 

" 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Died   Oct.    6,  1864,  of  wounds 

received    at    Cold     Harbor, 

June  i,  1864. 

McClune,  Hugh    . 

1  1 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Sept.  30,  1863. 

McChestney,  Wm. 

<  < 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Deserted  April  28,  1863. 

Neill,  John  .... 

" 

Aug.  n,  '63 

3 

Drafted—  trans,  to  82d  P.V. 

Nelson,  Wm.  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.  n,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  May  9,  1864. 

Ocschger,  Gustav's 

i  < 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Died  Feb.  i,  1862. 

O'Donnell,Thos.  . 

<  '. 

Aug.   10,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  May  9,  1864. 

Owens,  Henry  .    . 

<  ( 

July     27,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  Aug.  24,  '63. 

Priest,  Charles  .    . 

" 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with   Co.,  Sept. 

8,  1864. 

Powers,  Richard  . 

" 

Sept.  19,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.V. 

Platt,  John  T. 

" 

Sept.  20,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.V. 

Pierce,  John   .    .    . 

11 

Aug.  21,  '62 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,   1864  —  re-enlisted  —  trans. 

to  82d  P.  V.—  discharged  July 

17,  1865—  Vet. 

Pierson,  Jos.  .    .    . 

<  t 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Sept.  10,  1862. 

Pommer,  Adolph  . 

" 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 

Riley,  Benj.  F.  .    . 

" 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 

Rodgers,  Reading 

" 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Died   Oct.    6,    1862,  of  wounds 

received  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 

i,  1862  ;    buried    in   Military 

Asylum  Cem.,  D.  C. 

Robinson,  Ham'n. 

" 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Simpson,   Geo.  L. 

" 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Discharged  April  i,  1862. 

Spear,  David  .    .    . 

<( 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Wounded   at   Gettysburg,  July 

3,  1863—  mustered    out  with 

Co.,  Sept.  8,  1864. 

Simon,  Chris'  n  G. 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  Dec.  15,  1862. 

St.  Clair,  John  .    . 

" 

Aug.  15,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  Jan.  9,  1863. 

Shultz,  Henry    .    . 

i  < 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  Nov.  12,  1862. 

Stanford,  Jas.  P.   . 

(  C 

Aug.  12,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  June  22,  1862. 

Schreiner,  John  J.  . 

' 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Discharged  Aug.  8,  1864. 

Starsmore,  Wm.  . 

' 

Aug.     6,  '61  ! 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  H,  23d  P.V. 

Sherman,  Franklin 

' 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Vet.  Res.  Corps. 

Sterling,  Hugh  .    . 

' 

Sept.    6,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  I,  82d  P.  V. 

Simon,  Jacob  F.  . 

' 

Feb.     3,  '64 

3 

Transferred  to  82d  P.  V.—  killed 

at  Sailor's  Creek,  Apr.  6,  '65. 

Schmitz,  Chas.  .    . 

" 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  July 

3 

i,  1862—  killed  at  Cold   Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864. 

Stull,  Sidney  B.  .  . 

" 

Aug.    6,  '61  j 

Died  April,  1862. 

Smith,  Charles  .    . 

" 

Aug.     i,  '63  ; 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  Apr.  20,  '64. 

Sanderson,  Wm.  . 

" 

July     28,  '63 

3 

Drafted  —  deserted  Aug.  24,  '63. 

Stull,  John  .... 

" 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate. 

Umstead,  Thomas. 

(  i 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Died  July   23,    1862,  of  wounds 

received  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862. 

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247 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Vaughn,  Wm.    .    . 

Private  . 

Sept.    5,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  Dec.  10,  1862. 

Van  Fleet,  Aaron. 

" 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862—  killed  at  Cold  Har 

bor,  June  i,  1864. 

Williamson,  Jos.  M. 

<  c 

Aug.  24,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out   with   Co.,  Sept. 

8,  1864. 

Wagner,  Wm.  H.  . 

" 

Feb.     6,  '62 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  Oct.  6,  1862. 

Walters,  Chas.  P.  . 

" 

Aug.  30,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to   U.  S.  Navy  as 

Lieut. 

Weir,  Henry  W.  . 

Sept.  10,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.  V. 

Watson,  John  H.  . 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  wounded  at  Cold 

Harbor,  June   i,  1864  —  trans. 

to  82d  P.  V.—  Vet. 

Wells,  John  M.  .    . 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted  —  transferred  to  82d 

P.  V.—  Vet. 

Wright,   Chas.  H. 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted—transferred  to  82d 

P.  V.—  Vet. 

Williamson,  Alex. 

<  i 

Feb.  26,  '64 

3 

Killed  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  i, 

1864. 

West,  John  F.    .    .             " 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June 

i,  1864  —  absent  at  muster-out. 

Walker,  Samuel  T. 

C  i 

Aug.     6,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Walker,  Jos.  E.  .  . 

Aug.    6,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

have  shared  our  blankets  and  tents  together, 

We  have  marched  and  fought  in  all  kinds  of  weather, 

And  hungry  and  full  we  have  been, 
We  had  days  of  battle  and  days  of  rest, 
But  the  memory  that  clings  to  us  the  best, 
We  have  drunk  from  the  same 


CANTEEN. 


(Miles   O'Reilley.) 


248 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


COMPANIES 
L.   O.  P.  R. 

Of  the  Twenty =third  Pennsylvania. 

IN  March,  1862,  while  laying  at  Camp  Birney,  under  orders 
of  the  War  Department  reducing-  the  infantry  regiments 
to  the  maximum  strength  of   looomen,  these  companies   with 
Major  George  C.  Spear  as  Lieutenant-Colonel  were  transferred 
from  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  to  the  Sixty-first  Penn 
sylvania,   Colonel    Oliver    H. 
Rippey,  who  was  then  in  com 
mand  of   six  companies  from 

jflHH^w  Pittsburg   and    vicinity,   thus 

j^  raising  it  to  the  full  maximum 

strength,  Company  L,  Captain 
Butler  Dilley,  becoming  Com 
pany  D;  Company  O,  Cap 
tain  Robert  L.  Orr,  that  of  H  ; 
Company  P,  Captain  John  W. 
Crosby,  that  of  G,  and  Com 
pany  R,  Captain  Geo.  W. 
Mindil,  that  of  I,  so  that  they 
became  part  of  that  gallant 
fighting  regiment  of  the  Sixth 
Corps,  participating  with  it  in 
all  its  campaigns  and  actions 
until  the  close  of  the  war  as  follows  :  Yorktown,  Williams- 
burg,  Fair  Oaks,  Seven  Pines,  Malvern  Hill,  Chantilly, 
Antietam,  Williamsport,  Fredericksburg,  Marye's  Heights, 
Franklin  Crossing,  Gettysburg,  Mine  Run,  Wilderness,  May 
6th  and  7th;  Spottsylvania  May  loth,  nth,  1 2th  and  i8th;  Cold 
Harbor,  Weldon  Rail  Road,  Fort  Stevens,  Island  Ford,  Charles - 
town,  Apequan  or  Winchester,  September  19,  1864;  Fisher 
Hill,  Cedar  Creek,  Fort  Fisher,  (Petersburg),  Petersburg  as 
sault,  Sailor  Creek. 

The   casualties   of   the   Sixty-first    Pennsylvania  were  as 
follows : 


COL.    GEORGE    C-  SPEAR, 

Killed  at  Marye's  Heights  while  Colonel 

6ist  P.V. 


Killed  or  died  of  wounds 

Died  of  disease 

Other  Causes 

Captured 

Wounded  (including  those  who  died 
of  wounds) 


OFFICERS 

18 


ENLISTED  MEN 

214 

89 

14 

94 


TOTALS 
232 


536 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


249 


Of  this  number  these  Companies  lost  the  following  : 


Killed  or 
Died  of 
Wounds. 

Died  of 
Disease. 

Wounded. 

Captured. 

Total. 

COMPANY   D. 

Officers.  ...... 
Enlisted  Men  .... 

I 
22 

13 

6 

30 

2 

67 

COMPANY   H. 

Officers               .    .    . 
Enlisted  Men.    .    .    . 

I 
14 

6 

3 
13 

2 

4 
35 

COMPANY   G. 

Officers 

2 
2 

i 

2 

6 

I 

4 

10 

Enlisted  Men  . 

COMPANY   I. 

Officers    
Enlisted  Men  . 

I 
10 

2 

2 
19 

— 

3 
3i 

Total 

161 

During  the  service  these  companies  furnished  three  Col 
onels,  one  Lieutenant-Colonel,  two  Majors  to  the  Sixty-first. 
Colonel  Geo.  C.  Spear  killed  at 
Marye's  Heights,  May  3,  1863, 
Colonel  Jno.  W.  Crosby  killed 
when  the  lines  were  taken  at 
Petersburg,  April  2,  1865,  and 
Colonel  Robert  L.  Orr  who 
brought  the  regiment  home, 
and  Lieut.-Colonel  Charles  S. 
Greene,  two  Majors,  George 
W.  Dawson  and  Oliver  A. 
Parsons.  George  W.  Wilson, 
Second-Lieutenant  Company 
O  to  Adjutant,  killed  at  Spott- 
sylvania,  May  9,  1864.  The  fol 
lowing  enlisted  men  were  pro 
moted  to  Commissioned  Offi 
cers  :  Sergeant  Sylvester  D. 
Rhoads  of  Company  L  to  Cap 
tain  Company  D,  First  Sergeant  Oliver  A.  Parsons,  Company  L 
to  Major  of  the  Regiment,  Sergeant  Charles  M.  Cyphers,  Com 
pany  L  to  Captain  Company  F,  Sergeant  Wm.  Lathrop,  Com- 


COL.  JOHN  W.  CROSBY, 

Killed  at  Petersburg-,  April  2,  1865, 

while  Colonel  6ist  P.  V. 


250 


HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


pany  L  to  First-Lieutenant  Company  D  and  Sergeant  Sam'l 
C.  Fell,  Company  L  to  Second-Lieutenant  Company  D,  Ser 
geant  Charles  F.  Kennedy,  Company  O  to  Regimental  Quart 
ermaster,  Sergeant  Chas.  H.  Clausen,  Company  O  to  Captain 
Company  A,  Sergeant  Jno.  W.  Ryan,  Company  O  to  Second 
Lieutenant  Company  H,  Corporal  Jno.  Barrett,  Company  O 
to  Captain  Company  G,  killed  at  Cedar  Creek,  October  19, 
1864,  Private  Geo.  K.  Lutz,  Company  O  to  First-Lieutenant 
Company  G,  Sergeant  Charles  H.  Bewley,  Company  P  to 
Captain  Company  G  and  Brevet-Major,  Sergeant  Abram  Davis, 
Company  P  to  Second  Lieutenant  Company  G,  Richard  R. 
Lippincott,  Company  R  to  Second  Lieutenant  Company  I, 
Samuel  P.  Stewart,  Company  R  to  Second  Lieutenant  Com 
pany  I,  Captain  Geo.  W.  Mindil,  Company  R  was  promoted 
to  Colonel,  2/th  and  33d  New  Jersey  Volunteers,  Brevet- 
Major-General  United  States  Army. 


GEORGE   D.  HOWELL,  Drummer  Co.  H,  23d  P.  V. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  251 


List  of  THose  WHo  Died  in    Service. 

Company  L  23rd.      Company  D   61st  Pennsylvania. 

Captain  D.  J.  Taylor,  killed  at  Cedar  Creek,  October  19,  1864. 

First  Sergeant  Preserved  Taylor,  died  June  n,  1862. 

Sergeant   Wm.    Q.    Cole,    died   of  wounds  received    May  12,    1864, 

at  Spottsylvania  Court  House. 
Corporal  Charles  H.  Elliott,  died  June  17,  1862,  of  wounds  received  at 

Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 
Corporal  Jos.  C.  Dale,  died  September  17,  1862,   of  wounds  received 

at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

Corporal  Geo.  W.  Fell,  killed  at  Antietam,  September  17,  1862. 
Musician  Jas.  Munis,  died  March  19,  1862. 

Private  Atherton  Casey,  killed  at  Marye's  Heights,  May  3,  1863. 
"      Brooks,  Wm.,  died  of  wounds  received  June  29,  1864. 

Baker,  Isaac,  died  January  8,  1862. 
"      Blackman,  Frank,  died  November  23,  1861. 
"      Benning,  Edward,  died  December  28,  1863. 
"      Dilley,  James  W. ,  killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 
"      Ellis,  Thos.  C.,  killed  at  Spottsylvania  C.  H.,  May  12,  1864. 

Elson,  Wm.  G.,  died  September  23,  1862. 
"      Fulkerson,  Chas.  W. ,  died  May  16,   1864,  of  wounds  received 

at  Spottsylvania  Court  House,  May  12,  1864. 
Fairchilds,  Jno.   L.,  killed   May  9,  1864,  Spottsylvania  Court 

House. 
Hay,  Jno.  W. ,  died  August  7,  1864,    of  wounds  received  at 

Fort 'Stevens,  D.  C.,  July  12,  1864. 
Hour,  Winfield,  died  December  23,    1862,  of  wounds  received 

at  Fredericksburg,  December  13,  1862. 
Hawk,  Chester  B.,  died  Decembers,  1862,  while   a  prisoner 

of  war. 
"      Moore,  Hiram,  died  January  30,  1862,  at  Camp  Graham. 

McFarland,  Roderick,  died  of  wounds  received  May  20,  1864. 
McDermott,  Louis  A.,  killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 
Pembridge,  Jno.,  died  April  8,  1862. 
"      Piper,   Jno.,  killed  May   18,    1864,   near  Spottsylvania  Court 

House,  Va. 
"      Stout,  Theo.  L.,  died  December  23,  1863,  of  wounds  received 

at  Marye's  Heights,  May  3,  1863. 

11      Stroh,   George,    died  at    Richmond,    Va.,    June  6,    1862,   of 
wounds  received  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 


252  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 

Private  Seiple,    Frederick,    killed  in   action  near    Charlestown,    Va. , 

August  21,  1864. 

"      Sayre,  Vincent,  died  May  25,  1863. 
"      Tanfield,    Thos.    O.,    killed   at    Spottsylvania    Court    House, 

May  12,  1864. 
"      Tucker,  Thos.  O.,  died  May  27,  1864,  of  wounds  received  at 

Spottsylvania  Court  House,  May  12,  1864. 
"      Wilcox,  Crandall  A.,  killed  May  9,  1864,  Spottsylvania  Court 

House,  Va. 

"      Williams,  Townsend,  died  December  19,  1861. 
"      Ward,  Wm.    H.,  killed   May  9,  1864,  at   Spottsylvania  Court 

House,  Va. 


Company  P  23rd.     G   61st  Pennsylvania. 

Captain  Jno.  W.  Crosby,  killed  at  Petersburg,  April  2,  1865. 

"      Jno.  Barrett,  killed  at  Cedar  Creek,  October,  19,  1864. 
Corporal  Geo.  W.  Gordon,  killed  at  Wilderness,  May  6,  1864. 

' '        Jos.  Walker,  died  date  unknown. 
Private  Peter  Bradley,  killed  at  Malvern  Hill,  July  i,  1862. 


Company  O   23rd.      H   61st   Pennsylvania. 

First  Lieutenant  Geo.  W.  Wilson,  killed  at  Spottsylvania  Court  House, 

May  9,  1864. 

Sergeant  Thos.  J.  Perkins,  killed  at  Wilderness,  May  6,  1864. 
Corporal  Jos.  Holt,  died  November  u,  1862. 
"      Jos.  L.  Biddle,  died  January  28,  1862. 
"      Edmund  Posey,  died  February  22,  1862. 
Private  Boyer,  Henry,  killed  at  Spottsylvania  Court  House,  May  12, 

1864. 
"      Bell,  Thos.  M.,  killed  at  Spottsylvania  Court  House,  May  12, 

1864. 

Berk,  Jacob  H.,  killed  at  Wilderness,  May  6,   1864. 
"      Bennett,  Chas.  F. ,  died  January  2,  1862. 
"      Doals,  Benj.  F. ,  died  December  30,  1861. 
"      Ginther,  Geo.,   killed  at  Spottsylvania  Court  House,  May  12, 

1864,  while  serving  in  Company  A.< 
"      Hessell,  Jos. ,  killed  at  Spottsylvania  Court  House,   May    12, 

1864. 

"       Johnson,  Thomas,  killed  at  Malvern  Hill,  July  i,  1862. 
"      Johnson,  Henry,  killed  at  Charlestown,  Va. ,  May  21,  1864. 
"      Moore,  Jno.,  2nd,  killed  at  Wilderness,  May  6,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  253 

Private  Mahoney,  Wm.  H.,  killed  at  Wilderness,  May  6,  1864. 

"      Murphy,    Jeremiah   H.,  killed    at  Cedar  Creek,    October    19, 

1864. 
"      McGrath,   Chas.    B. ,    killed    at    Spottsylvania    Court    House. 

May  12,  1864. 
"      McKinley,  David,  died  August  7,  1862,   of  wounds  received 

at  Malvern  Hill,  July  i,  1862. 
"      Vandever,  Marshall,  died  December  26,  1861. 

Company    R   23rd.      Company    I    61st. 

First  Lieutenant  Alfred  Moylan,  died  July  8,  1862,  of  wounds  received 

at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862.  " 

Sergeant  Wm.  Lindsay,  killed  at  Charlestown,  Va.,  August  21,  1864. 
Corporal  Harry  Anthony,  killed  at  Spottsylvania,  May  12,  1864. 

"      Robt.  Cairstairs,  killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 
Private  Edward  Garvin,  killed  at  Fort  Stevens,  July  12,  1864. 

"      C.  L.  Issamart,  killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

"      Jos.  Kline,  killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

"      Jno.  Lowe,  died  June  5,  1862. 

"      Jno.  Mills,  killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

11      Jas.  McCallister,  killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

"      Rich'd  Powers,  killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

"      Nicholas  B.  Sands,  died  July  26,  1862. 

( (      J.  Weaver,  killed  at  Wilderness. 


254 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


COMPANY    L,    23d-D,    61st. 

RECRUITED   IN    LUZERNE   COUNTY 


NAME 


RANK 


DATE 

OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 


h 


REMARKS 


Butler  Dilley.    .    .     Captain 
William  W.  Ellis  . 


David  J.  Taylor . 


Oliver  A.  Parsons 


Aug. 
Aug. 


18,  '61 
18,  '61 


Sylv.  D.  Rhoades  . 


„!  Aug.   18,  '61 


Aug.  18,  '61 


Nov.   20,  '61 


Smith  D.'Dean 


Chas.  M.  Cyphers 


Wm.  Lathrop    .   . 


Samuel  C.  Fell  .    . 


ist  Lieut,  j  Aug.  18,  '61 


Aug.  18,  '61 


Aug.  1 8,  '61 


2d  Lieut.     Aug.  18  '61  |  3 


3  Resigned  July  23,  1862. 
3  |  Promoted  from  ist  Lt.  to  Capt., 
July  23,  1862 — wounded  at 
Marye's  Heights,  May  3,  1863 
—transferred  to  Vet.  Res. 
Corps,  Jan.  i,  1864. 
Promoted  from  2d  to  ist  Lieut., 
July  23,  1862  ;  to  Capt.,  Mar. 
25,  1864 — wounded  at  Fair 
Oaks,  May  31,  1862,  and  at 
Spottsylvania  C.  H.,  July  12, 
1864— killed  at  Cedar  Creek, 
Va.,  Oct.  19,  1864— Vet. 
Promoted  to  ist  Sgt.,  July  23, 
1862  ;  to  2d  Lieut.,  April  19, 
1864  ,  to  ist  Lieut.,  Oct.  i, 
1 864  ;  to  Capt. ,  Nov.  30,  1864  ; 
to  Major  by  brev.  for  gallant 
and  meritorious  service  in  as 
sault  before  Petersburg,  Va., 
April  2,  1865  ;  to  Major,  May 
14,  1865— wd.  near  Spottsyl 
vania,  May  18,  1864,  and  in 
charge  at  Petersburg,  April 
2,  1865 — discharged  June  28, 
1865— Vet. 

Promoted  from  Sgt.  to  2d  Lt., 

Dec.  31,  1864  ;  to  ist  Lt,  Jan. 

6,    1865:    to   Capt.,    June    3, 

'65 — awarded   Congressional 

Medal  of  Honor  for  gallantry 

^at  Fisher's   Hill,    Va.,  Sept. 

"22,    1864 — discharged    with 

Co.,  June  28,  1865 — Vet. 

Promoted  from   ist  Sgt.  to  2d 

Lieut.,  July  23,   1862  ;  to    ist 

Lieut.,  April  19,  1864 — wd.  at 

Spottsylvania  C.  H.,  May  12, 

1864— disch.  Aug.  10,  1864. 

Promoted  from    ist  Sgt.  to  2d 

Lieut,  Sept  4,  1864;  to  ist 

Lieut,    Dec.    15,    1864;     to 

Capt.    Co.  F,  June  6,  1865— 

wounded  at  Ocoquon  Creek, 

Va.,  Sept.  19,  1864— disch.  on 

Surg.  certificate,  May  15,  1865 

—Vet. 

Promoted  from  Sgt.  Maj.  to  2d 
Lieut.,  Jan.  8,  1865 ;  to  ist 
Lieut,  June  2,  1865  — mus. 
out  with  Co.,  June  28,  1865— 
Vet. 

Promoted  from  ist  Sgt.  to  2d 
Lieut.,  June  6,  1865 — mus.  out 
with  Co.,  June  28,  '65 — Vet. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 


255 


# 
NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Preserved  Taylor  . 

ist  Sgt.  . 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Died  June  n,  1862. 

Wm.  D.   Beals  .    . 

*' 

Aus:.  18.  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  June  28, 

1865—  Vet.—  wd.    at   Marye's 
Heights,  May  3,  1863. 

\Vm.  Coon  .... 

Sergeant     Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Absent  wounded  at  muster-out 

of  Co.—  Vet. 

Wm.  S.  Withers  .             "           Nov.     i,  '61 

3 

Promoted  from  Corp.  to  Sgt., 

June  8,  1865  —  must,  out  with 

Co.,  June  28,  1865  —  Vet. 

Jacob  Shafer  ...                         Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  Va.  — 

discharged  Sept.  7,  1864. 

Jas.  R.  Shultz.  .    .             "           Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Discharged,  dateunknown  —  re- 

enlisted   March   8,  1864,  and 

discharged    May    15,    1865  — 

wounded  at   Fair  Oaks,  Va., 

May  31,  1862  —  Vet. 

WTm.  A.  Swan  .   .                        Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Wounded   May    10,  1864,   near 

Spottsylvania  C.H.  —  desert'  d 

from  hospital  and  enlisted  in 

U.  S.  Navy. 

Wm.  R.  Cole  ... 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Died  of  wounds  at  Alexandria, 

Va.,  May  29,  1864. 

Geo.  W.  Sayer  .    .   \  Corporal.    Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Absent  in  hospital  at  muster  out 

of  Co.  ,  from  wounds  received 

Mays,  J864  —  Vet. 

James  McCarty  .  . 

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Absent  —  wounded    at    muster 

out  of  Co.  —  Vet. 

Daniel  Schlarbach 

"           Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  June  28, 

1865  —Vet. 

Jno.  H.  Banning  . 

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  June  28, 

1865.  —  Vet.  —  Wounded     at 

Spottsylvania   Court     House 

May  12,  1864. 

Ezra  A.  Caswell   . 

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term  —  wounded 

at  Spottsylvania  Court  House 

May  12,  1864. 

Theo.  A.  Tucker  . 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Wounded  May  12,  1864—  trans. 

to  Vet.    Res.   Corps.    Jan.  6, 

1865. 

Wm.  H.  Rountree 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Sergt.  July  23,  1862 

—  wounded    at     Fair    Oaks, 

May  31,  1862  —  disch.  Dec.  9, 

1862,  on  Surg.  cert,  of  disab'y. 

Chas.  H.  Elliott   . 

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Died  June  17,  '62,  from  wounds 

received  at   Fair  Oaks,  Va., 

May  31,  1862. 

Joseph  C.  Dale  .    . 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Died  September  17,  1862,  from 

wounds    received     at     Fair 

Oaks,  Va.,  May  31,  1862. 

J.  J.  McDermott   . 

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Wounded    at   Fair    Oaks    and 

taken   prisoner  May  31,  1862 

f 

—  discharged  Dec.  9,  1862,  on 
Surg.  certificate  of  disability. 

Geo.  W.  Fell  ... 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  E,  April  10, 

1862  —  killed    at     Antietam, 

Sept.  17,  1862. 

Michael  Loban  .    .     Musician     Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov.  12,  1861. 

John  Glancy  .    .    .   ;                    !  Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Dec.  n,  1862. 

Atkins,  Joseph  .    .     Private  .     Aug.   18,  '61 

3    Discharged  Sept.  12,  1862. 

HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


NAME 


RANK 


DATE 

OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 


REMARKS 


Abbott,  A.  M.  .    . 

Private  . 

Aug. 

1  8, 

'61 

3 

Discharged    Dec.    9,    1862,    on 

Surgeon's  cert,  of  disability. 

Atherton,  Casey  . 

'• 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Killed  at  Marye's  Heights  May 

3,  1863. 

Briggs,  Job  .... 

" 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  May  6,    1864  —  must. 

out  with  Co.  June  28,  1865  — 

Vet. 

Burk,  James  .    .    . 

i  i 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  June  28, 

1865—  Vet. 

Barnes,  Geo.  P.    . 

" 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Pro.  toSerg.  Co.  F,  Nov.  1/64; 

to  2d   Lieut.,  April   6,  1865  ; 

to  ist  Lieut.,  May  16,  1865— 

not  mustered  —  mustered  out 

with  Co.,  2d   Lieut.,  June  28, 

1865  —  Vet.  —  wound,  at  Spott 

sylvania  Court   House,  May 

12,    1864. 

Brooks,  William  . 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Died  of  wounds  June  29,  1864. 

Baker,  Isaac  .    .    . 

Aug. 

[8, 

'61 

3 

Died  Jan.  8,  1862. 

Barnett,  Patrick.  . 

Aug. 

[8, 

'61 

3 

Deserted  Feb.  i,  1862. 

Brunier,  Theo.  .    . 

Aug. 

is. 

'61 

3 

Deserted  Aug.  i,  1862. 

Brisbing,  Geo.  H.  . 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Deserted  Aug.  15,  1862. 

Blackman,  Frank  . 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Died  Nov.  23,  1861. 

Benning,  Edward  . 

Jan. 

i, 

'62 

3 

Died  at  Brandy  Station    Dec. 

28,  1863. 

Cooper,  Samuel    . 

" 

Aug. 

1  8, 

'61 

3 

Disch.   March   12,  1863  —  re-en 

listed  March  5,   1864  —  must. 

out  June  28,  1865  —  Vet. 

Conner,  David  C.  . 

" 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Promoted  to  Sgt.,  Sept.,  i86r  ; 

to  Drum  Major,  March  i,  '62 

—  discharged  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Connor,  Thos.  R. 

" 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Wounded   at   Fair   Oaks,  May 

31,  1862,  and  on  May  9,  1864 

—  disch.  Sept.  7,  1864. 

Dale,  David  W.  . 

'  * 

Aug. 

18. 

'61 

*i 

Discharged  Sept.  7,  1864,  at  ex 

piration  of  term. 

Daniels,  Wm.  H.  . 

11 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Transferred   to   Co.  H,  ist   Pa. 

Artillery,  date  unknown. 

Dolph,  Samuel  .    . 

<  < 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,  1862  —  disch.   for  wounds', 

Sept.  18,  1862. 

Dale,  Chas.  W.  .  . 

<l 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Deserted  Jan.  i,  1862. 

Dorm  an,  Toney    . 

" 

Aug. 

i.s, 

'61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May 

31,    1862  —  received   furlough 

from    hospital  July   5,    1862, 

and  enlisted  in  5th  U.  S.  Art. 

Dilley,  Jas.  W.  .    . 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Killed   at   Fair   Oaks,  May  31, 
;862. 

Ellis,  Thos.  C.  .    . 

" 

Aug. 

1  8, 

'61 

3 

Killed   at  Spottsylvania  Court 

House,  May  9,  1864. 

Elson,  Wm.  G.  .  . 

" 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Died  Sept.  23,  1862. 

Ellis,  Elmer  R.  . 
Fairchilds,  Wm.  F. 

« 

March 
Aug. 

i, 
18, 

'62 
'61 

3 
3 

Discharged  March  30,  1863. 
Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  discharged  Sept.  7,  '64. 

at  expiration  of  term. 

Fulkeson,  C.  W.  . 

" 

Aug. 

18, 

'61 

3 

Died  May  16,  1864,  of   wounds 

received   at  Spottsylvania  C. 

1 

H.,  May  12,  1864. 

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257 


to 
06 

DATE 

W 

NAME 

RANK 

OF  MUSTER 

Y 

REMARKS 

INTO   SERVICE 

5 

1 

H 

Fairchilds,  Jno.  L. 

Private    . 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Killed  May  9,  1864,  at  Spottsyl- 

vania  Court  House. 

Goff,  Alfred  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  disch.  Aug.  10,  1862. 

Howe,  John   .    .    . 

" 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Absent  wounded  at  muster-out 

of  Co.—  Vet. 

Higgs,  James  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Discharged    Sept     7,    1864,   at 

expiration  of  term. 

Hawk,  C.  B.  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Taken   prisoner  at  Fair  Oaks, 

May  31,  1862,  and  died  Dec. 

8,  1862,  from  exposure  while 

a  prisoner. 

Hotchkiss,  Jerem'h 

" 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Discharged  Nov.  16,  1861. 

Hay,  John  W.    .    . 

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Died   Aug.  7,  1864,  from   wds. 

received  at  Fort  Stevens,  D. 

C.,  July  12,  1864. 

Howe,  WTinfield.  . 

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Died    Dec.  23,  1862,  from  wds. 

received    at  Fredericksburg, 

Va.,  Dec.  18,  1862. 

Huff,  Levi  .... 

« 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  disch.  June  17,  1863. 

Hood,  Frank  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Taken  prisoner  at   Fair  Oaks, 

May  31,  1862  —  deserted  Feb. 

n,  1863. 

Hinkel,  Wm.  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Disch.    April    10,    1862  —  re-en 

listed  May  4,  1864  —  disch.  on 

Surgeon's  certificate  of  disa 

bility  May  15,  1865—  Vet. 

Lippencott,  Wm.  . 

" 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Transferred   to   Co.    A  —  must. 

out  with  Co.,  June  28,  1865  — 

Vet. 

La  Banv  Jas.  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Discharged  Dec.  31,  1862. 

Myers,  Judson  W. 

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.  June  28, 

1865—  Vet. 

Minig,  A.  T.  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Discharged  April  9,  1862. 

Morton,  Ira  .  .    .    . 

« 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Discharged  May  24,  1862. 

Mears,  Jas.  A.   .    . 

" 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862—  disch.  Sept.  6,  1862. 

Moore,  Hiram  .    . 

<  < 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Died  Jan.   30,    1862,    at   Camp 

Graham. 

Munis,  J  

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Died  March  19,  1862—  buried  in 

Military    Asylum    Cemetery, 

D.  C. 

McGuire,  Rufus  .  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at   Marye's  Heights 

May    3d,    1863  —  disch.    from 

hospital,  date  unknown. 

McKnight,  Jas.  .  . 
McFarland,  Rod'k 

<  t 

Aug.   18,  '61 
Aug.  18,  '61 

3 
3 

Deserted  Feb.  n,  1863. 
Died      May     20,     1864,     from 

wounds. 

McDermott,  L.  A. 

" 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62. 

Minich,  V.  D.    .    . 

'< 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  mustered  out  with  Co., 

June  28,  1865—  Vet. 

Newspigel,  Jos.  .  . 
Peterbough,  Alex. 

,, 

Aug.  18,  '61 
Aug.  18,  '61 

3 
3 

Discharged  Feb.  n,  1863. 
Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862;   also   taken   prisoner- 

mustered  out  with  Co.,  June 

28,  1865—  Vet. 

258 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 

OK  MUSTER 
INTO    SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REM'ARKS 

Philip,  Wm.  H.  .  . 

Private  . 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to  Co.  F,  Nov.    i,  1864, 

as    Sergeant  —  promoted     ist 

Sgt,  April  6,  1865  ;  to  2d  Lt., 

May  16/65  —  mus.  out  with  Co. 

June  28,  '65,  as  ist  Sgt  —  Vet. 

Pembridge,  Jno.    . 

" 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Died  April  8,  1862. 

Peters,  Oded  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.   18,  '61 

3 

Discharged  Dec.  4,  1862. 

Pifer  Jno    .... 

« 

Aug.   18,  '61 

7 

Killed     May     18,     1864,     near 

o 

Spottsylvania   Court   House. 

Ruger,  Luther  .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  transferred  to  Veteran 

Reserve  Corps  Feb.  29,  1864. 

Sweeney,  Jno.    .    . 

" 

Aug.  18,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  June  28, 

1865—  Vet. 

Shafer,  Nathan  .    . 

<  i 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  Sept.  7,  1864,  at  ex 

piration  of  term. 

Shiber,  Jesse  .  .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wd.  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  '62— 

disch.  Sept.  28,  '64  —  re-enlist'  d 

March  i,  '65,  in  Co.  C,  3rd  V. 

R.C.-  disch.  Feb.  28,  1866. 

Schlabachjon'th'n 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  Sept.  7,  1864,  at  ex 

piration  of  term. 

Schultz,  Jos.  R.  .  . 

<  i 

Aug.  1  8,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  disch.,   date  unknown 

—  re-enlisted  March  8,  1864  — 

discharged  May  15,  '65  —  Vet. 

Stout,  Theo.  L.     . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Marye's  Heights 
May  3,  '63  —  died  Dec.  23/63. 

Strop,  George  .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Died  in  Richmond,  Va.,  June  6, 

1862,   from  wounds  received 

at  Fair  Oaks,Va.,  May  3  1/62. 

Stovers,  Chest'  rB. 

« 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to  Co.  H,  ist  Pa.  Art. 

Seipel,  Fred'k  .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Killed   in  action  near  Charles- 

town,  W.  V.,  Aug.    21,  1864. 

Sanders,  Jacob  .    , 

<  i 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31, 

1862—  disch.  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Sayer,  Vincent  D. 

I  4 

Sept.     4,  '61 

3 

Died  May  25,  1863. 

Tanfeld,  Thos.  A. 

" 

Sept.     4,  '61 

3 

Wounded  and  missing  at  Spott 

sylvania,  Va.,  May  12,  1864  — 

—killed. 

Tribble,  Wm.  F.  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Tucker,  Thos.  O.  . 

" 

. 
Jan.       i,  '61 

3 

Died   May   27,  1864,  from  w'ds 

rec'd  at  Spottsylvania  Court 

House  May  12,  1864. 

Willard,  Jno.  .  .    . 

<  ( 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  June  28, 

1865—  Vet. 

Wiley,  John    .    .    . 

(  < 

Sept.     4,  '61 

3 

Wounded  May  12,  1864—  absent 

in   hospital  at   expiration   of 

term. 

Wilcox,  Geo.  E.  . 
Williams,  Towns'd 

<  ( 

I  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 

3 
3 

Discharged  June  5,  1863. 
Died  Dec.  19,  1861. 

Wilcox,  Crund'l  A. 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Killed  May  9,  1864,  at  Spottsyl 

vania  Court  House. 

Wilbert,  John  .  .    . 

" 

Sept.     4,  '61 

3 

Deserted  November  15,  1861. 

Ward,  Wm.  H.  .  . 

" 

Sept.     4,  '61 

3 

Killed  May  9,  1864,  at  Spottsyl 

vania  Court  House. 

Zaun,  Charles    .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  with  Co.,  June  28, 

1865—  Vet. 

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259 


COMPANY  O-TRANSFERRED  TO    H,    61st. 

RECRUITED    AT    PHILADELPHIA 


NAME 


RANK 


DATE 

OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 


REMARKS 


Robert  L.  Orr   . 


Captain 


Sept.    2,  '61 


Chas.  L.  Greene  .     ist  Lieut.    Sept.    2,  '61 


Geo.  W.  Wilson  . 


Chas.  H.  Clausen  . 


Sept.    2, 
Aug.  21, 


'6] 


61 


John  W.  Ryan  .    .     2d  Lieut 


Sept.    2,  '61 


Jno.  P.  Miller  .  .   .     Sergeant.  |  Aug.  21,  '61 


Thos.  J.  Perkins  . 
Geo.  R.  Coleman  . 

Chas.  F.  Kennedy 


Aug.  21, 
Aug.  21, 


Aug.  21,  '61    3 


James  M.  Craig  .  .     Corp  .    .     Aug.  21,  '61  |  3 


Trans,  to  Co.  A — prom,  to  Maj. 
Dec.  1 8,  '64 — wounded  April 
2,  1865,  at  Petersburg,  Va. — 
promoted  to  Lt.  Col.  April 
iS,  1865,  to  Col.,  May  14,  1865 
— mustered  out  with  Reg. 
June  28,  1865. 

Promoted  to  Capt.,  Co.  I,  Oct. 
7,  1862— trans,  to  Co.  C— 
promoted  to  Lt.  Col.  May  15, 
1865 — wound,  at  Winchester, 
Va.,  Sept.  19,  1864 — mustered 
out  with  Regt.  June  28,  1865. 

Promoted  from  2d  Lt.  to  ist  Lt. 
Oct.  7,  1862,  to  Adj.  March 
n,  1863 — killed  at  Spottsyl- 
vania  Court  House  May  9/64. 

Promoted  from  ist  Serg.  to  2d 
Lt.  Oct.  7,  1862,  to  ist  Lt. 
Sept.  12,  1863 — trans,  to  Co. 
E— pro.  to  Capt.  Co.  E,  Oct.i, 
1864 — wounded  at  Spottsyl- 
vania  Court  House  May  12, 
1864 — disch.  Feb.  10,  1865,  for 
wounds  received  in  action. 

Promoted  from  ist  Sgt.,  Oct.  7, 
'62,  to  2d  Lt.  Sept.  12,  1863 — 
wounded  at  Spottsylvania 
Court  House  May  12,  1864 — 
mustered  out  Sept.  13,  1864, 
at  expiration  of  term. 

Wounded  at  Spottsylvania  C'rt 
House  May  10,  1864 — mus. 
out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at  expira 
tion  of  term. 

Killed  at  Wilderness  May  6, 
1864 —  buried  in  Wilderness 
Burial  Grounds. 

Trans,  to  Co.  A— pro.  to  ist  Lt. 
Nov.  14,  1864 — commissioned 
Capt.  Dec.  i,  1864 — not  mus. 
— mustered  out  March  14,  '65 
—Vet. 

Pro.  to  Q.  M.  Sgt.  June  20,  '63, 
to  istLt.  Oct.  i,  '64,  Co.  C;  to 
Q.  M.,Dec.  18/64 — mus.  out 
with  Regt.  June  28,  '65— Vet. 
— ap'nt'd  Capt.  A.Q.M.,  U.S. 
Vols.,  March  i,  '65 — not  mus. 

Wd.  at  Spottsylvania  C.  H. ,  May 
12,  '64 — mus.  out  Sept.  7,  '64, 
at  expiration  of  term. 


260 


HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Geo.  Jardian  .    .    . 
James  Robb  .    .    . 

Corporal. 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 

3 
3 

Wounded  at  Spottsylvania  C'rt 
House  May  12,  1864  —  absent 
in  hos.  at  expiration  of  term. 
Prisoner  from   May  6,  1864,  to 

Hugh  Farley  . 
Jacob  Miller  . 


Joseph  Holt  .    .    . 
Jos.  L.  Biddle    .    . 
Edward  Posey  .    . 
Wm.  W.  Ketchum 
Samuel  Driver  . 


Richard  McCabe 

Abrahams,  I.  L.    . 
Batt,  John  P.  ... 

Bell,  William  .  .  . 

Bird,  Henry  C.  .  . 

Brown,  John  .    .  . 

Boyer,  Henry   .  . 

Bizzey,  James .  .    . 
Branan,  Silas  J.  .   . 

Bird,  Alfred  W.    . 

Bicking,    Geo.  W. 
Bell,  Thos.  M.  .    . 

Berk,  Jacob  H.  .  . 
Barrett,  John  .  .    . 


Bennett,  Chas.  F. . 
Carrol,   Edwin  A. 

Clark,  Jos.  H. 


Christy,  Henry  V. 

Campbell,  Thos.  . 
Carpenter,  Chas.G 
Cavenaugh,  M.  J.  . 


Sept.     4,  '61 
I  Sept.    4,  '61 


Sept.  4,  '61 

j  Sept.  4,  '61 

Sept.  4,  '61 

I  Sept.  4,  '61 

Musician.    Sept.  4,  '61 


Sept.     4/61 

Private  .     Sept.    4,  '61 
jSept.    4, '61 


!  Aug.  26,  '61 
Sept.  4,  '61 
Sept.  4,  '61 
Sept.  4,  '61 

Sept.    4,  '61 
Aug.  21,  '61 

Sept.    4,  '6 1 

Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 

Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 


Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.     4,  '61 


Feb.  26,  1865 — mustered    out 
March  3.  1865. 
!  3  i  Wounded — absent  in  hospital  at 

expiration  of  term. 
!  3  j  Discharged   Nov.   n,    1862,  for 
wounds  received  at  Malvern 
Hill,  Va.,  July  i,  1862. 
!  3  I  Died  Nov.  n,  1862. 
Died  Jan.  28,  1862. 
Died  Feb.  22,  1862. 
Deserted  Dec.  7,  1862. 
i  3  i  Trans,  to  Co.  A — promoted  to 
Corporal — mus,  out  with  Co. 
June  28,  1865.— Vet. 
i  3   Trans,  to  Co.  C,  23d  Pa.,  Feb. 

28,  1862. 

3    Deserted  Oct.  17,  1864. 
3    Mustered  out     Sept.    7,    1864, 

expiration  of  term. 
3    Mustered    out    Sept.    7,    1864, 

expiration  of  term. 
3  ;  Wounded — absent  in    hospital 

at  expiration  of  term. 
3  i  Mustered    out    Sept.    7,    1864, 

expiration  of  term. 
3    Killed  at  Spottsylvania   Court 

House  May  12,  1864 — Vet. 
3    Deserted  Nov.  17,  1861. 
3  '  Transferred  to  Co.  A — muster 'd 
out  with  Co.,  June  28,  1865 — 
Vet. 
3    Discharged  on Surg.  certificate, 

March  24,  1862. 
3    Deserted  Feb.  5,  1862. 
3  |  Killed  at  Spottsylvania  C.  H., 

May  12,  1864. 

3  Killed  in  Wilderness,  May  6, 
1864;  buried  at  Phila.,  Pa.— 
Vet. 

3   Promoted  to  2d  Lieut.  Co.  G., 
April  22,  1864  ;  to  ist  Lieut., 
Aug.  5,  1864  ;  to  Capt.,  Sept. 
5,    1864  —  killed    at   Cedar 
Creek,  Va.,  Oct.  19,  1864. 
Died  Jan.  2,  1862. 
Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 


expiration  of  term  of  service. 
Aug.  21,  '61    3  |  Transferred  to  Co.  A— pro.  to 

2d  Lieut.,  April  19,  '65— mus. 

out  with  Co.,  June  28,  1865 — 

Vet. 
Sept.    4,  '61    3    Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

June  6,  1862. 

Sept.  4,  '61  3  Deserted  Sept.  7,  1861. 
Sept.  4,  '61  3  Deserted  Sept.  7,  1861. 
Sept.  4, '61  3  Deserted  Sept.,  1861. 


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261 


NAME 

DATE 
RANK            OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Clancy,  John  .  .    . 

Private  .     Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  L,  23d  P.  V., 

Oct.  i,  1861. 

Duddy,  John  M.    . 

;Sept.    4,'6i 

3 

Wounded   at  Spottsylvania  C. 

H.,  May  12,  1864  —  absent  in 

Dalton,  William    . 

"           Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

hospital  at  expiration  of  term. 
Deserted  Feb.  14,  1862. 

Davis,  David  H.  . 

,  Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  A  —  pro.  to 

Corp.  Co.  F,  Nov.  i,  1864  ;  to 

Sgt.,  April  6,  1865  —  mustered 

out  with  Co.,  June  28,  1865  — 

Vet. 

Doak,  James  .  .    . 

"           Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

June  6,  1863 

Doak,  Samuel  .    . 

Sept.     4,  '61 

3 

Died  Dec.  30,  1861. 

Davis,  Benj.  F.  .  . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

May  28,  1862. 

Foley,  F.  James    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded,  with   loss  of  arm  — 

discharged  Dec.  2,  1864. 

Frowert,  John  P.  . 

Aug.  26,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Aug.  29,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Fenoquio,  Peter   . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  A  —  pro.  to 

Corp.,   April    2,    1865—  mus. 

out  with  Co.,  June  28,  1865— 

Vet. 

Fisher,  Wrn.  H.    . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 

atChancellorsville,May3,'63. 

Fitzinger,  James  . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 
in   Wilderness,  Va.,    May  6, 

1864—  Vet. 

Gibson,  Ed.  H..   . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Wounded  and  absent  in  hospi 

tal  at  muster-out. 

Ginther,  David  .  . 

Aug.  26,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Ginther,  Geo.    .    . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Captured   in   Wilderness,  Va., 

May  6,  1864  —  transferred   to 

Co.   A  —  killed   at  Spottsyl 

vania  Court  House,  May  12, 

1864. 

Girardine,  Alph.  L. 

Sept.    4,  '6  1 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

March  25,  1862. 

Glaze,  John  .... 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  F,  23d  P.V., 

Oct.  i,  1861. 

Harrison,  Saul  .  . 

Sept.    4,  '6  1 

3 

Mustered   out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Hammond,    Alex. 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

Jan.  9,  1863. 

Hooper,  Harvey  . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

Sept.  '6,  1862. 

Hessell,  Jos. 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Spottsylvania  C.  H., 

May  12,  64  —  Vet. 

Hinkle,  Robt.  R.  . 

Sept.     4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

Jan.  7,  1863. 

Hurley,  Redm'd  . 

"          Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.  V., 

Oct.  i,  1861. 

Hough,  Geo.  W.  . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.V., 

Oct.  i,  1861. 

Jones,  Wm.  T.  .    . 

"          Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

262 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 

OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM  —  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Jones,  Geo.  W.  .  .     Private  .     Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  Dec.  8,  1862. 

Johnson,   Thos.     . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Malvern    Hill,    Va., 

July  i,  1862. 

Johnson,  Henry  .  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Killed    at     Charlestown,    Va., 

May  21,  1864. 

Kennedy,  Edw.  F. 

11 

Sept.    4,  '6  1 

3 

Captured  at  Fairfax,  Va.,  Sept. 

17,    1863  ;    in    Andersonville 

Prison   13   months  —  trans,  to 

Co.  A  —  discharged  April  25, 

1865,  to  date  Dec.  21,  1864. 

Lindsay,  Jos.  A.    .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864. 

Lynch,  James.   .    .                       |  Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Transferred   to   Co.  A  —  absent 

in  arrest  at  muster-out—  Vet. 

Lutz,  Geo.  K.    .    .                        Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to  Co.  A  —  promoted  to 

Q.  M.  Sgt.,  Sept.  4,  1864;  to 

ist  Lieut.,    Co.  G,   Dec.   22, 

1864  —  mustered  out  with  Co., 

June  28,  1865  —  Vet. 

Moore,  John,  ist  . 

"         i  Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov.  26,  1861. 

Moore,  John,  2nd  .                        Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Killed   in   Wilderness,  May   6, 

1864—  Vet. 

Maloney,  W.   H.  . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Killed   in   Wilderness,  May  6, 

1864     Vet. 

Murray,  Michael.  . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

March  5,  1863. 

Moyer,  Albert   .    . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

June  10,  1862. 

Murphy,  Jere.  H.  . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Sgt.  Major  —  killed 

at  Cedar  Creek,  Va.,  Oct.  19, 

1864—  Yet. 

McGeoy,  Thos.  J.  . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Must,  out  Sept.  7/64,  re-enlisted 

U.  S.  N.  '64—  disch.  Dec.  '65. 

McGrath,  Chas.  B. 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Spottsylvania  C.  H., 

May  12,  1864. 

McCaughey,  Thos. 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  I,  23d  P.V., 

Feb.  28,  1862. 

McKinley,  David  . 

Aug.  21,  '61 

3 

Died  at  Phila.,  Pa.,  Aug.  7,  '62, 

of   wounds   received  at  Mal 

vern  Hill,  Va.,  July  i,  1862. 

Neville,  Wesley  M. 

<  < 

Sept.     4,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Hospital  Steward, 

U.  S.  A. 

Needles,  Albert  .  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

Jan.  26,  1862. 

Neveille,  Geo.  P.  . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Vet.  Res.  Corps, 

June  24,  1863. 

Neville,  Fred'k  A. 

" 

Sept.    i,  '61 

3 

Promoted  to  Hospital  Steward, 

23d  P.  V.,  Sept.  25,  1861. 

Perkins,  Wm.  N.  . 

<  < 

Aug.  26,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

g 

expiration  of  term. 

Pendergrast,  Jas.  . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

Aug.  19,  1862. 

Robb,  William  .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out   Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Ryan,  Patrick    .    .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

Rice,  William  ..    .             "          Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

expiration  of  term. 
Transferred  to  Co.  R,  23d  P.V., 

Oct.  i,  1861. 

Stine,  John  ....             "           Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded  in  action—  mustered 

out  Sept.   6,  1864,  at  expira 

tion  of  term. 

PENNSYLVANIA    VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


263 


NAME 

1  u 

p 

DATE            ; 
RANK             OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE    j 
i 

i 

L. 

•> 
<. 
\ 
\ 

REMARKS 

I 
t 
a 

Swain,  Morris  S.  .     Private  .     Aug.  21,  '61    3    Mustered   out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Smith,  Chas.  W.  .             "           Aug.  21,  '61    3    Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Scott,  Henry  .  .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61    3    Deserted  ;  returned  ;  disch.  by 

sentence  of  Gen'l  Court  Mar 

tial,  Feb.,  1864. 

Sewell,  George  .  . 

Aug.  21,  '61    3    Transferred  to  Co.  A—  pro.  to 

Corp.  —  wounded  Aug.  19,  '64 

absent  at  muster-out  —  Vet. 

Tilden,  Howard  P. 

Sept.    4,  '61    3    Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Taylor,  Wm.  R.    . 

Sept.    4,  '61    3    Promoted    to    Principal   Musi- 

cian,  June  20,  1863  —  mustered 

out  Sept.   7,  1864,  at  expira 

tion  of  term. 

Vandever,  Marsh'l            "           Sept.    4,  '61    3    Died  Dec.  26,  1861. 

Walls,  Charles  .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61    3    Wounded  -absent    in   hospital 

at  muster-out. 

Wheelan,  Thos.  J. 

Sept.    4,  '61    3    Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

Oct.,  1862. 

Wilday,  Edward  . 

Sept.     4,  '61    3    Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

Dec.  14,  1861. 

Wainwright,  Wm.                         Sept.    4,  '61    3    Deserted  July  27,  1864. 

Woodruff,  Geo.W.                        Sept.     4,  '61    3    Discharged  on  Surg.  certificate, 

Jan.  28,  1861. 

Williamson,  H.  B.   i                      Sept.    4,  '61    3    Deserted  March  13,  1862. 

COMPANY   P,    23d-G,    61st. 

RECRUITED    AT    PHILADELPHIA 


John  W.  Crosby    .     Captain .     Sept.     2, 


Wm.  M.  Dawson 


V.  P.  Donnelly 


Jno.  Barrett.  . 


Chas.  H.  Bewlev 


Nov. 


'61  3  Promoted  Major,  April  22,  '64 
— wounded  at  Fort  Stevens, 
July  n,  1864 — mustered  out 
Dec.  15,  1864 — re-commis 
sioned  Lieut. -Colonel,  Feb. 
22,  '65 — killed  at  Petersburg, 
April  2,  1865. 

'61  3  Promoted  from  2d  to  ist  Lieut. , 
Dec.  8,  1862  ;  to  Capt,  April 
22,  1864— discharged  July  5, 
1864,  for  wounds  received  at 
Wilderness,  May  5,  1864. 

Sept.  2,  '61  3  Promoted  from  2d  Lieut.,  April 
22,  1864,  to  ist  Lieut.;  to 
Capt.,  July  6,  1864 — wounded 
May  3,  1863,  and  May  12,  '64 
— mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864, 
at  expiration  of  term. 

Sept.  4,  '61  3  Promoted  from  2cl  Lieut.,  April 
22,  1864,  to  ist  Lieut.,  Aug.  5, 
1864  ;  to  Capt.  Sept.  5,  1864 
—killed  at  Cedar  Creek,  Oct. 
19,  1864. 


Sept.     4,  '61    3 


Promoted  from  2d  Lieut.,  Co. 
E,  to  Capt,  Dec.  18,  1864  ;  to 
Brevet-Major,  April  2,  1865— 
mustered  out  with  Co.,  June 
28,  1 865- Vet. 


264 


HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


NAMK 


RANK 


DATE 

OP  MUSTER     I  | 

INTO   SERVICE  I  s 

x 

I  a 
H 


REMARKS 


Benj.  F.  Haldeman    ist.  Lieut. 
Geo.  K.  Lutz  . 


Sept. 
Aug. 


'6  1 
'61 


Abraham  Davis    .     2d  Lieut.    Aug.  22,  '61 

3 

Israel  Highill  .  .    . 

ist  Sergt. 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Jas.  S.  Everton  .    .                        Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wm.  H.  Cochran. 

Sergeant.    Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Jas.  S.  McElroy  .  . 

" 

Aug.     i,  '61 

3 

Wm.  J.  Duffy  .  .    . 

" 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Geo.  L.  Setman   . 

<  ( 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Samuel  Clark  .  .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '6  1 

3 

John  McVay  .    .    . 

" 

Aug.     i,  '61 

3 

Chas.  F.  Miller  .    . 
Wm.  J.  Nimon  .   . 

Corporal. 

Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '62 

3 
3 

Jno.  Gevard  .    .    . 

« 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

David  Williams  .  . 

(  C 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Edward  O'Kane  . 

" 

Aug.     4,  '61 

3 

Jas.  McCourt  .  .    . 

« 

Aug.  13,  '61 

3 

Geo.  W.  Gordon  . 

<  I 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Geo.  Mehaffy  .  .    . 
Jas.  Stine  
Jos.  Walker.  . 
Jos.  Weston  .    . 

(  ( 
1  1 
«  ( 

Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 

3 
3 
3 
3 

Jno.  O'Connor  .    . 
Henry  Bowie  .    .    . 

Musician. 

Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

3 

Wm.  Watt  .... 
Armstrong,  Wm.  . 
Bradley,  Patrick 

Private 

Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 

3 
3 
3 

Bastine,  Jacob   •    • 
Bennett,  Henry  .  . 
Blake,  Jno.     .    . 
Boice,  Michael  . 
Beath,  Robt    .    . 
Bradley,  Peter  .    . 
Bastian,  Jerome    . 
Barnett,  Robt.   .    . 

<  < 
«  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 
Sept.    4,  '61 

3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
o 

3 

Resigned  Dec.  8,  1862. 

Prom,  from  Q.  M.  Sergt.  to  ist 

Lieut.,    Dec.  22,    1864— mus. 

out   with  Co.,  June  28,  '65 — 

Vet. 
Prom,  from  Sergeant  to  2d  Lt. , 

Dec.  22d,  1864 — mustered  out 

with  Co.,  June  28,  '65— Vet. 
Mustered  out  with  Co.,  June  28, 

1865— Vet. 
Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 
Mustered  out  with  Co.,  June  28, 

1865— Vet. 
Mustered  out  with  Co.,    June 

28,  1865— Vet. 
Mustered  out  Sept.   7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 
Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 
Mustered   out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 
Promoted  to  2d   Lieut.,  Co.  E, 

Mar.    i,    1865 — mustered  out 

with  Co.,  June  28,  1865— Vet. 
Not  on  muster-out  roll — Vet. 
Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 
Wound,  at  Spottsylvania  Court 

House  May  12,  1864 — absent 

at  expiration  of  term. 
Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 
Mustered  out  Sept.  7,   1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 
Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 
Killed  at  Wilderness  May  6,  '64 

— buried  in  Wilderness  Burial 

Grounds. 

Deserted,  date  unknown. 
Not  on  muster-out  roll. 
Died,  date  unknown. 
Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 
ficate,  date  unknown. 
Not  on  muster-out  roll. 
Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 
Not  on  muster-out  roll. 
Wounded  at  Malvern  Hill. 
Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 
Deserted,  date  unknown. 
Not  on  muster-out  roll. 
Not  on  muster-out  roll. 
Not  on  muster-out  roll. 
Deserted,  date  unknown. 
Killed  at  Malvern  Hill. 
Not  on  muster  out  roll. 
Not  on  muster  out  roll. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


265 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM  —  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Caron,  Louis  F.    . 

Private  . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out   Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Cooper,  Wm.  B.  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Cooper,  Dallas  J.  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Cummings,  Jno.T. 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  date  unknown. 

Connelly,  Francis. 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Clinghasen,  H.  .  . 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Crowthers,  Mat'w. 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Dye,  Thos  

i  < 

Sept.    4,  '6  1 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Dunn,  Wm.  J.   .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Donley,  Jos.  P.  .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Donahue,  Hugh    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Donahue,  Jas.    .    . 

l< 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Dunbar,  David  .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted,  date  unknown. 

Dyer,  Louis.  .    .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  date  unknown. 

Duross,  James  .    . 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Eastwick,  Theo.   . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at  Wilderness,  Va., 

May  8,  1864  —  absent  at  expi 

ration  of  term. 

Evans,  And.  G.     . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Fleming,  Wm.  J.    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Fallowfield,  Chas. 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Gaul,  Jas.    .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Genaire,  Philip  .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Gorman,  Dan'lW. 

'• 

Sept.    4,  '6  1 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Hoyendogler,  S.  J. 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out   Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Harris,  Robt.  .  .    . 

<  i 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Harris,  Jos.     .    .    . 

<  i 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Jacobs,  Herman    . 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Jones,  Thomas  .    . 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted,  date  unknown. 

Kidders,  O.  C.  .    . 

(< 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Lowther,  Chas.  .  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded  May  6,  1864—  absent 

in   hospital   at   expiration  of 

term. 

Lewis,  Geo.  W.    . 

<  t 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Prisonerfrom  May  8  to  Dec.  13, 

1864  —  mustered  out  Dec.  18, 

1864,  at  expiration  of  term. 

Layre,  Henry  .  .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out   Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Litzenberger,  Jos. 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Lefferty,  James  .  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Lawson,  Jno.  .    .    . 

«< 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Mullen,  Geo.  .  .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wd.     at    Spottsylvania     Court 

House  May  12,  1864—  absent 

at  expiration  of  term. 

Moore,  Edward  .  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,   at 

expiration  of  term. 

Medill,  Geo.  .    .    . 

<  ( 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Absent,  sick,    at   expiration  of 

1 

term. 

266 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


m 

< 

DATE 

u 

NAME                         RANK 

OF  MUSTER 

i 

REMARKS 

INTO   SERVICE 

i 

id 

<- 

Mehaffy,  Jno.  .  .    .     Private  .     Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Miller,  Herman  .  .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Myers,  Dan'l  .    .    .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Morrow,  John    .    .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Maron,  Wm.  ...                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted,  date  unknown. 

McBride,  Wm.  .    .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

McBride,  Andrew.                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

McNannaman,  P.  .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted,  date  unknown. 

McCarty,  A.  H.     .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  date  unknown. 

McMahon,  E.  F.    .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted,  date  unknown. 

McClintoch,  Jos.    .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

NcNichol,  Jno.  .    .                        i  Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted,  date  unknown. 

O'  Kane,  Edward  .                         Sept.    4/61 

7 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

O'  Bryan,  Jno.    .    .             "           Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Pine,  W.  M  Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Reed,  Henry  .  .    .                        •  Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Russell,  Sam'l  .    .                        Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Rementer,  Jno.                                Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted,  date  unknown. 

Sobbee,  Walter  .  .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded,  July  12,  1864  —  absent 

at  expiration  of  term. 

Sparks,  Chas.    .    .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  date  unknown. 

Showers,  Michael  .                        Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Seiler,  Aug.  R.   .  .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Trans,  to  Co.  E  from  2d  Lt.  Co. 

F,  Jan.   8,  '65,  to  ist  Lt.  and 

Adj.,   Apr.   6,  '65  —  mus.  out 

withRegt.  Jan.  28,  1865—  Vet. 

Simpson,  Sam'l  G.                        Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Smith,  Henry    .    .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted  —  date  unknown. 

Watt,  David  P.  .    .                       |  Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted  —  date  unknown. 

Williams,  Robt.     .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  rolls. 

Welsh,  Jno.     .    .    .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  rolls. 

Walker,  Sam'l      .                        j  Sept.    4,  '61 

Deserted,  date  unknown. 

Wallace,  John    .    .                         Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Re-enlisted—  disch.  June  28,  '65 

—  Yet. 

COMPANY    R,  23d—  I,    61st. 

RECRUITED   AT    PHILADELPHIA 

Geo.  W.  Mindil    .     Captain  .     Oct.      5,  '61 

3 

Resigned,  Oct.  6,  1862. 

Chas.  S.  Green  .   .                         Sept.    2,  '61 

3 

Promoted  from   ist  Lieut.,  Co. 

H,  to  Capt.,    Oct.    7,   1862— 

transferred    to    Co.    C  —  pro 

moted   Lieut.    Colonel,    May 

15,    1865  —  wounded   at  Win 

chester,  Y7a.,  Sept.  19,  1864  — 

mustered  out  with  Regiment 

June  28,  1865. 

Alfred  Moylan  .    .     ist  Lieut.    Oct.    20,  '61 

3 

Died   July   8,    1862,  of  wounds 

received  in  action. 

Wm.  R.  Jones   .    . 

Oct.    20,  '61 

3 

Promoted  from  2d  to  ist  Lieut., 

July  10,  1862  —  resigned    Dec. 

6,  1862. 

R.  R.  Lippincott  .             " 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Promoted  from  Serg.  Major  to 

ist  Lieut.,    Sept.   12,    1863— 

wounded     at     Spottsylvania 

Court  House,  May  10,  1864  — 

mustered  out  Sept.  3,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


267 


NAME                         RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO   SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Samuel  Long  .  .    .     2d  Lieut. 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Promoted  from  Sergeant  to  2d 

Lieut.,    July    10,    1862  —  dis. 

June  8,  1863. 

Sam'l  P.  Stewart  . 

Aug.  22,  '61 

3 

Promoted  from   Sergeant,  Co. 

D,  to  2d  Lieut,  Nov.  22,  '63 

—  wounded  at  Wilderness,  '64 

—  mustered  out  Sept  3,  1864, 

at  expiration  of  term. 

Wm.  A.  Davis  .    .     ist  Sgt.  . 

Sept.    4,  '6  1 

3 

Mustered  out   Sept  4,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Jos.  C.  Brown    .    .     Sergeant. 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Edw.  J.  Grant   .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

-» 

Transferred    Veteran    Reserve 

Corps  -date  unknown. 

Wm.  Lindsay  ... 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Killed    at    Charlestown,    Va., 

Aug.  21,  1864. 

Henry  W.  Wise  .  . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

- 

Wounded    at     Fort     Stevens, 

Washington,  D.   C.,  July  12, 

1864—  mustered   out   Sept.  7, 

1864,  at  expiration  of  term. 

Thos.  A.  Hicks     .     Corporal. 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded  at   Fair   Oaks,   Va., 

May  31,  1862  —  discharged  on 

Surgeon's     certificate,"    date 

unknown. 

Harry  Anthony  .  . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Killed   at   Spottsylvania   Court 

House  May  12,  1864. 

Robt.  Caistairs  .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  Va.,  May 

31,  1862. 

Jas.  McCrudden    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded   at  Winchester,  Va., 

Sept.  19,1864—  not  on  muster- 

out  roll  —  Vet. 

Wm.  Davis  .... 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out   Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Wm.  Matlack    .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

^ 

Wounded   at   Fair   Oaks,  Va., 

May  31,  1862  -discharged  on 

Surg.  certificate,  date  unk'n. 

S.  B.  Thompson  .  . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out   Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Attwood,  Daniel  .     Private  . 

Sept.    4,  '6  1 

3 

Not  on  muster  out  roll. 

Albertson,  Levi  B. 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged    Nov.  17,    1862,  on 

Surgeon's  certificate  for  w'ds 

received. 

Bernan,  John  M.    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred   to  Co.  C,  Sept.  4, 
1864  —  discharged,    date    un 

known,  for  wounds   received 

at   Fisher's  Hill,    Va.,   Sept. 

21,  1864. 

Bowman,  Jos.     .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Dec.  12,  1863. 

Bellew,  Jas.     .    .    . 

Dec.      i,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 

at   Fair   Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

Branson,  Sam'l  .  . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Feb.  2,  1862. 

Caldwell,  Geo.  .    . 

Sept.    4,  '6  1 

3 

Wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31, 

1862  —  discharged   on   Surg. 

certificate.  Feb.  1863. 

Cochran,W.  Henry 

Dec.      i,  '61 

3 

Wound,  at  Spottsylvania  Court 

House  May  12,   1864  —  trans. 

to   Co.  C,  Sept.  4.   '64—  pro. 

Sergeant  Co.  G,  Nov.  i,  1864 

—  mustered  out  with  Co.  June 

28,  1865.—  Vet. 

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NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OF  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM—  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Dick,  Thos.  B.  .    . 

Private  . 

Dec.     i,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  C,  Sept.  4, 

1864  —  discharged   on  special 

order,  April  6,  1865  —  Vet. 

Deacon,  Howard  . 

" 

Dec.     i,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 

at  Fair  Oaks,Va.,  May  31,  '62. 

Disert,  Jno.    .    .    . 

<  ( 

Dec.     i,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Dubois,  Robt.  S.  . 

11 

Dec.     i,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Davis,  Wm.    .    .    . 

" 

Dec.     i,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  Nov.  21,  1862. 

Ennis,  Isaac  H.  .  . 

<  ( 

Dec.     i,  '61 

3  j  Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  date  unknown. 

Faust,  Aug.    .    .    . 

« 

Dec.     i,  '61 

3    Discharged  from    wounds   re- 

ceived    at    Chancellorsville, 

May  3,  1863. 

Fisher,  Jos  

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  C,  Sept.  4, 

1864—  promoted   Corp.,  Jan. 

5,     1865  —  wounded   April    2, 

'65—  disch.  July  19/65  —  Vet. 

Farril,  Wm.    .    .    . 

<  i 

Dec.     i,  '61 

3 

Wounded   at  Chancellorsville, 

May  3,  1863—  deserted,  date 

unknown. 

Garvin,  Geo.  .  .    . 

<  i 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  C,  Sept.  4, 

1864  —  promoted  to  Sergeant 

Co.  F,  Nov.  i,  '64  —  mustered 

out  with   Co.   June   28,   1865 

—Vet. 

Garvin,  Edw.     .    . 

" 

Dec.     i,  '61 

3 

Killed,  July  12,  1864. 

Hansell,  Milton  .  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3    Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Hayes,  Thos.     .    . 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Haffren   Francis  . 

c  ( 

Nov.  27,  '61 

3 

Mustered   out   Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Highhill,  Israel     . 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred   to  Co.  C,  Sept.  4, 

1864—  promoted  to  ist  Serg., 

Co.  G,  Nov.,  1864  —  mustered 

out  with  Co.,  June  28,  1865  — 

Vet 

Hayes,  Robt.  E.  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certifi 

cate.  Nov.  21,  1861. 

Hurley,  Redm'd  . 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  March  16,  1862. 

Hamilton,  Geo.    . 

<  i 

Sept.    4,  '61    3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  Nov.  21,  1861. 

Huff,  Geo.  W.  .    . 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61  i  3  i  Deserted,  Oct  Q.  1861. 

Issamart,  C.  L. 

'  ' 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3  ;  Killed  at  Fair  Oaks,  Va.,  May 

n.  1862. 

Jeffries,  Jno.    .    .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3    Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  date  unknown. 

Jones,  Wm.    .    .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3   Transferred  to  Co.  C,  Sept.  4, 

1864  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

June  28,  1865—  Vet. 

Jones,  Tobias    .    . 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3    Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Kline,  Jos  

i  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3    Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31/62. 

Kline,  Wm. 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted,  date  unknown. 

Kennedy,  Michael. 

<  < 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 
at   Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862 

Krep,  Geo  
Lynch,  Geo.  .    .    . 

« 

Aug.     i,  '61    3 
Nov.  23,  '61  ,  3 

Deserted  Sept.  22,  1862. 
Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

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269 


NAME 

RANK 

DATE 
OP~  MUSTER 
INTO  SERVICE 

TERM  —  YEARS 

REMARKS 

Lowe,  Jno  

Private.  . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Died  June  5,  1862. 

Mahoney,  Dennis  . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 

at  Fair  Oaks,  May  31,  1862. 

Millet,  Wm.   .    .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  C,  Sept.  4, 

1864  —  mustered  out  with  Co., 

June  28,  1865—  Vet. 

Mills,  Jno  

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31/62. 

Maxwell,  Chas.     . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged     Oct.    25,     1861  — 

minor. 

McGettigan,  F.  C. 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.   7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

McCallister,  Jas.    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Died    of    wounds    received  at 

Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

McCarter,  Jno.  .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Mcllravey,  And'w 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

McNeight,  Wm.    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  C,  Sept.  4, 

1864—  promoted  ist  Sgt.  May 

12,  1865—  mustered  out  with 

Co.,  June  28,  1865—  Vet. 

Orton,  Jas.  F.    .    . 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3    Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Powers,  Richard  . 

<  i 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Fair  Oaks  May  31/62. 

Platt,  Jno.  J.    .    .    . 

<  i 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

Pope,  Harrison  W. 

" 

Dec.     7,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  C,  Sept.  4. 

1864  —  mustered  out  with  Co. 

June  28,  1865—  Vet. 

Pigeon,  Jas.    .    .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted  Nov.  24,  1864. 

Rice,  Wm  

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged,    date    unknown— 

minor. 

Rice,  Felix  ... 

" 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  for  wounds  received 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

Riley,  Benj.  S.  .    . 

"          Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate  April  3,  1862. 

Sands,  N.  B.  .    .    .             "          Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Died  July  26,    1862—  buried  in 

Cypress  Hill  Cemetery,  L.  I. 

Smith,  Wm.    .    .    .                         Sept.    4,  '61    3 

Not  on  muster-out  roll. 

Snowden,  Jas.    .    .                       !  Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  of  wounds  received 

at  Fair  Oaks  May  31,  1862. 

Swain,  Philip  .  .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Mustered  out  Sept.  7,  1864,  at 

expiration  of  term. 

Taylor,  Jos.    .    .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Transferred  to  Co.  C,  Sept.  4, 

1864  —  prom.  Sgt.  May  18,  '65 

—  mustered  out  with  Co.,  June 

28,  1865—  Vet. 

Thompson,  Jno.    . 

1  1 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Wounded  —  transferred    to   Co. 
C,  Sept.   4,  1864—  discharged 

June  3,  1865,  for  wounds  re 

ceived  in  action  —  Vet. 

Willis,  Fred'k    .    . 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  date  unknown. 

Wallace,  Jas.  ... 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  date  unknown. 

White,  Samuel  .    .             " 

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Deserted,  Oct.  5,  1861. 

Weaver,  J  

Sept.    4,  '61 

3 

Killed  at  Wilderness—  buried  in 

Wilderness   Burial  Grounds. 

York,  James  .    .    . 

Nov.  28,  '61 

3 

Discharged  on  Surgeon's  certi 

ficate,  date  unknown. 

OFFICERS— SURVIVORS'    ASSOCIATION. 
1903-1904. 


REV.  JAMES  G.  SHINN,  COL.  JOHN  F.  GLENN,  WM.  H.  BANTOM, 

Chaplain.  President.  Treasurer. 

COL.  W.   J.  WALLACE,  FRED  P.  SIMON, 

Vice-President.  Vice-President. 

THOS.  I.  CHADW1CK,  WM.  J.  WRAY,  JOHN   HENDERSON, 

Recording  Secretary.  Secretary.  Financial  Secretary. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


Survivors'  -Association 
Twenty-tHird    Pennsylvania   Volunteer    Infantry 

THE  first  meeting  of  the  regiment  after  its  muster  out  was 
at  the  call  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  for  the  turning  over 
to  the  State  of  the  battle  flags.  It  participated  as  an  organiza 
tion  in  the  grand  parade  on  that  occasion,  July  4th,  1866,  this 
being  one  of  the  greatest  days  in  the  history  of  Philadelphia. 
The  parade  was  through  the  principal  streets  thronged  with 
people,  the  veterans  being  closed  in  mass  in  Independence 
Square  and  as  each  regiment  was  called  by  number,  its  colors, 
that  had  been  presented  by  the  State,  were  turned  over  to 
Governor  Andrew  Curtin  to  be  deposited  at  the  State  Capitol. 
As  an  organization  it  attended  the  funeral  ceremonies  and 
acted  as  escort  at  the  burial  of  Major-General  George  B.  McClel- 
lan,  and  Major-General  George  G.  Meade,  late  Commanders-in- 
Chief  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  It  escorted  at  7  o'clock  in  the 
morning  the  remains  of  its  old  colonel,  General  Thomas  H.  Neill, 
to  Broad  Street  Station,  en  route  for  burial  at  West  Point.  It 
contributed  and  participated  as  an  organization  at  the  dedica 
tion  of  the  monument  to  General  John  Sedgwick,  at  the  Wil 
derness,  who  was  killed  May  9,  1864,  and  to  General  H.  G. 
Wright  at  Arlington,  its  old  Corps  commanders,  and  the  monu 
ment  to  its  Division  Commander,  General  David  A.  Russell,  at 
Winchester,  who  was  killed  leading  the  charge,  September  19, 
1864.  It  attended  the  burial  of  its  comrades  within  the  city 
limits  and  vicinity.  With  its  membership  and  friends  it  raised 
the  funds  and  erected  a  monument  to  the  command  at  Gettys 
burg,  where  the  regiment  was  engaged  on  July  3,  1863.  It 
was  dedicated  August  6,  1886.  On  this  occasion  three  hundred 
and  fifty  survivors  and  ladies  and  friends  participated.  The  Bat 
tlefield  Association  at  first  refused  their  position  at  Gulp's  Hill, 
claiming  no  record  of  the  regiment  or  brigade  being  in  that 
position,  but  suggested  that  they  had  the  right  to  place  the 
monument  at  the  right  and  rear  of  Little  Round  Top,  or 
to  the  left  of  Meade's  headquarters  on  Taneytown  Road  to 
the  rear  of  the  left  centre.  While  they  were  in  both  positions 
under  fire,  the  only  part  of  the  field  the  regiment  was  engaged 
was  at  Gulp's  Hill. 

After  building  up  a  claim  to  this  position,  it  was  so  strong 


HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


that  Colonel  Batchelder,  who  had  charge  of  the  location  of 
positions,  went  to  Washington  to  hunt  up  General  Shaler's  re 
port  of  the  action.  It  could  not  be  found  in  the  Sixth  Army 
Corps'  reports,  but  in  looking  over  the  Twelfth  Army  Corps' 

papers  it  was  found,  and  with 
an  apologetic  letter  from  Bat 
chelder,  containing  "the  legend 
of  the  fight,  extract  from  Gen 
eral  Shaler's,  the  brigade  com 
mander's  report,"  the  position 
at  Gulp's  Hill  was  granted. 
This  omission  on  the  part  of 
the  official  reports  of  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac  General  Shaler 
called  attention  to  General 
Meade  at  an  army  reunion 
at  Providence,  R.  I.,  in  1869. 
Meade  expressed  his  regrets 
and  referred  him  to  General 


WILLIAM    FIN  LEY, 
Co.  K. 


Wheaton,  then  living,  who 
commanded  the  Third  Divi 
sion,  Sixth  Corps,  in  which  the  Twenty-third  was  part  at 
Gettysburg,  but  while  Wheaton  also  regretted  the  omission  and 
promised  to  have  it  rectified,  up  to  that  time  it  had  not  been 
done. 

When  Pennsylvania  appropriated  $1500  to  each  of  her 
commands  that  participated  in  the  action  at  Gettysburg,  for 
the  purpose  of  the  erection  of  a  monument  on  that  field,  where 
they  had  been  engaged,  the  Battlefield  Commission  suggested 
they  have  erected  a  monument  to  the  right  of  Little  Round  Top 
or  to  the  left  of  Meade's  headquarters.  As  they  had  already 
placed  a  monument  at  Gulp's  Hill,  where  they  had  been 
engaged,  they  decided  to  further  beautify  it  by  the  placing  of  a 
statue  of  a  Birney  Zouave  on  the  shaft  of  the  tablet.  This  the 
Commission  consented  to  do  and  the  monument  was  rededicated 
on  the  day  of  the  dedication  of  Shaler's  Brigade  Monuments. 

It  participated  as  an  organization  at  the  dedicatory  cere 
monies  of  Pennsylvania  Monuments,  Gettysburg,  September 
12,  1889,  for  parade  and  review.  On  the  occasion  Colonel 
John  F.  Glenn  was  marshal  of  the  Fifth  Division,  composed  of 


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273 


infantry  regiments  engaged  in  the  battle  with  the  Sixth  Corps, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  William  J.  Wallace,  commanding  Twenty- 
third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  and  William  Bartley  "  Com 
pany  A,"  was  one  of  the  special  aides  to  the  chief  marshal. 

The  organization  has  held 
monthly  meetings  each  year 
until  1 890,  since  holding  stated 
meetings  quarterly.  Nearly 
all  its  members  belong  to  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Repub 
lic,  Loyal  Legion  or  Union 
Veteran  Legion,  participating 
with  these  societies  in  their 
work. 

Annual  reunions  have 
been  held  upon  the  anniver 
sary  of  each  of  the  actions  the 
regiment  participated  in. 

The  association  is  com- 
posed  of  honorably  dis 
charged  soldiers  of  the 
Twenty-third,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  and  honorably  dis 
charged  soldiers  and  sailors  who  were  transferred  from  the 
Twenty-third. 


OLIVER   T.  ECKERT, 
Regimental  Com.-Sergt. 


SURVIVORS'  ASSOCIATION 

OF   THE 

TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT    PENNSYLVANIA    VOLS. 


PREAMBLE. 

We,  whose  names  are  hereunto  subscribed,  being  honorably  dis 
charged  soldiers  of  the  Twenty-third  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Vols. , 
for  the  purpose  of  fostering  the  ties  of  comradeship  (cemented  in  the 
camp  and  field),  by  mingling  together  once  a  year  around  the  camp- 
fire,  do  hereby  organize  the  Survivors'  Association  of  the  Twenty-third 
Regiment  Pennsylvania  Vols.,  and  adopt  the  following  laws  for  its 
government. 

ARTICLE    I. 

Section  i.  The  name  and  title  of  the  Association  shall  be  Survi 
vors'  Association  of  the  Twenty-third  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Vols. 


274 


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Sec.  2.  The  stated  meetings  of  the  Association  shall  be  held  on 
the  second  Tuesday  evening  of  February,  May,  August  and  Novem 
ber.  A  stated  meeting  may  also  be  held  on  the  evening  of  the 
reunion. 

ARTICLE    II. 

Section  i.  A  person  to  be  entitled  to  membership  shall  be  an 
honorably  discharged  soldier  of  the  Twenty-third  Regiment  Pennsyl 
vania  Vols. ,  or  an  honorably  discharged  sailor  or  soldier  who  has  been 
transferred  from  the  Twenty-third  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Vols. 

Sec.  2.  The  title  of  an  honorably  discharged  soldier  or  sailor  is 
to  be  determined  from  the  records  of  the  Adjutant-General's  office, 
U.  S.  A.,  or  Navy  Department. 

ARTICLE    III. 

Section  i.  The  officers  shall  consist  of  a  President,  two  Vice- 
Presidents,  a  Recording  Secretary,  a  Corresponding  Secretary,  a 

Financial  Secretary,  a  Treasurer,  a 
Chaplain  and  a  Council  of  Admin 
istration. 

Sec.  2.  The  Council  of  Admin 
istration  shall  consist  of  twelve  mem 
bers — one  from  the  field  and  staff, 
and  eleven  from  the  membership 
of  the  regiment. 

Sec.  3.  The  Council  shall  or 
ganize  immediately  after  their  elec 
tion  and  select  the  date  of  the  an 
nual  meeting  and  reunion,  which 
shall  occur  on  the  anniversary  of 
one  of  the  different  engagements  in 
which  the  Twenty-third  Regiment 
Pennsylvania  Vols.  participated, 
and  report  the  same  to  the  meeting 
on  the  night  of  their  election. 
Sec.  4.  The  Council  shall  find  a  room  for  the  annual  meetings, 
and  arrange  for  a  camp-fire  on  that  occasion,  and  be  empowered  to 
raise  funds  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  annual  reunion.  Any 
moneys  remaining  in  their  hands,  after  the  payment  of  all  bills,  shall 
be  turned  over  to  their  successors. 

Sec.  5.  The  nomination  and  election  for  officers  shall  take  place 
on  the  regular  stated  meeting  night  of  November  of  each  year. 

ARTICLE    IV. 

Section  i.  The  President  shall  preside  at  all  the  meetings,  pre 
serve  order  and  discipline,  have  control  of  the  Association  on  all 
parades,  and  appoint  aides. 


WM.  D.  SLOAN, 
Sergeant  Co.  I. 


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Sec.  2.  The  Vice-Presidents  shall  perform  the  duties  of  the  Presi 
dent  in  his  absence. 

Sec.  3.  The  Recording  Secretary  shall  keep  a  correct  roll  of  the 
membership,  keep  accurate  records  of  the  proceedings  of  all  meetings, 
and  have  charge  of  the  By-laws. 

Sec.  4.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  attend  to  all  corres 
pondence  and  notify  the  members  of  the  meetings,  when  requested  to 
do  so  by  the  Association. 

Sec.  5.  The  Financial  Secretary  shall  keep  a  just  and  impartial 
account  of  all  moneys  received  by  him,  pay  the  same  over  to  the 
Treasurer,  taking  his  receipt  for  the  same.  He  shall  also  make  a  list 
of  all  the  delinquents  and  report  the  same  one  month  prior  to  the 
annual  meeting  in  November,  and 
he  shall  have  charge  of  the  seal  of 
the  Association. 

Sec.  6.  The  Treasurer  shall 
keep  an  accurate  account  of  all 
moneys  received  by  him,  pay  no 
money  without  an  order  signed  by 
the  President  and  attested  by  the 
Secretary,  keep  his  books  ready  for 
examination,  and  make  an  annual 
report  to  the  Association  of  its  finan 
cial  condition. 

ARTICLE    V. 

Section  i.  The  President,  at 
the  annual  meeting  in  December, 
shall  appoint  two  tellers  (neither 
of  whom  shall  be  a  candidate)  to 
conduct  the  election  of  officers  for 
the  ensuing  year.  The  President  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  election, 
and  it  shall  require  a  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast  to  constitute  an 
election. 

Sec.  2.  In  case  no  candidate  has  a  majority  on  the  first  ballot,  the 
candidate  having  the  lowest  number  of  votes  shall  be  dropped  ;  and 
so  on  at  each  succeeding  ballot. 

ARTICLE    VI. 

Section  i.  The  dues  of  the  Association  shall  be  one  dollar  per 
year,  payable  on  or  before  the  annual  meeting  in  November,  to  defray 
the  expenses  of  the  Association. 

Sec.  2.  Any  member  conducting  himself  in  a  manner  unbecom 
ing  a  gentleman  and  a  soldier  at  the  annual  meeting,  banquet,  or  on 
parade,  may  be  expelled  by  a  vote  of  the  Association. 


JAMES   PATTERSON, 
Co.  A. 


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ARTICLE    VII. 

Section  i.  Upon  the  death  of  a  member,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Corresponding  Secretary  to  notify  the  members  of  the  Association 
of  the  time  and  place  of  the  funeral  through  the  mails. 

Sec.  2.  It  is  expected  of  all  comrades  to  attend  the  funeral  of  a 
deceased  member,  and  that  the  badge  of  the  Association  be  worn. 

ARTICLE    VIII. 

Section  i.  No  alterations  or  amendments  to  these  By-laws  shall 
be  considered  without  a  notification  to  each  member,  of  the  proposed 
change,  at  least  one  month  before  being  acted  upon. 

Sec.  2.  No  portion  of  these  By-laws  shall  be  stricken  out  unless 
by  a  two-thirds'  vote  of  the  members  present. 

The  following  are  the  officers  for  the  year  1903—1904. 

President, 
COLONEL  JOHN  F.  GLENN. 

Vice- Presidents, 

COLONEL  WM.  J.  WALLACE, 
FRED  P.  SIMON. 

Corresponding  Secretary, 
WILLIAM  J.   WRAY. 

Recording  Secretary, 
THOMAS  J.   CHADWICK. 

Financial  Secretary, 
JOHN  HENDERSON. 

Treasurer, 
WILLIAM  H.  BANTOM. 

Chaplain, 
REV.  JAMES  G.   SHINN. 

Council  of  Administration, 

JAMES  McGiNNis,  ROBERT  NEWBERG, 

DANIEL  GRABBER,  JOHN  RUMNEY, 

GOTLEIB  STAIGER,  CHARLES  F.   HUBER, 

WILLIAM  F.   FARRAN,  JOHN  S.   LINTON, 

JOSEPH  MCKINNEY,  PHILIP  STENGLE, 

GEORGE  F.  PEIFER,  RICHARD  J.   MILLER. 

We  insert  a  brief  of  several  of  the  reunions  that  were 
held  in  celebration. 


COUNCIL    OF    ADMINISTRATION. 

1903—1904. 


WILLIAM   J.    FARRAN. 
PHILIP   STENGLE. 
JOSEPH    McKINNEY. 
JOHN   S.    LINTOX. 


GEORGE    F.    PEIFER. 
ROBERT   C.  NEWBERG. 
CHARLES   F.   HUBER. 
JOHN    Rl'MNEY. 


JAMES   McGINNIS. 
DANIEL  GRABBER. 
RICHARD    J.  MILLER. 
GOTLEIB  STAIGER. 


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Reunion — Fair  OaKs 

This  reunion  was  held  at  Mannerchor  Hall,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  May  31,  1882.  General  Thos.  H.  Neill,  then  in  command 
of  the  U.  S.  Army  Post,  at  Jeffersonville,  Missouri,  came  on  to 
preside.  His  presence  was  one  of  unusual  greetings,  as  it  was 
the  first  time  they  had  met  since  the  close  of  the  war. 

The  following  toasts  were  read  : 

UTHE  DAY  WE  CELEBRATE." 

The  fields  now  waving  with  grain,  twenty  years  ago  to 
day,  were  covered  with  the  slain. 

Responded  to  by  General  Thos.  H.  Neill. 

"THE  UNION  VOLUNTEER." 

A  creation  in  time  of  war. 

The  bone  and  sinew  of  the  country  in  time  of  peace. 

Responded  to  by  General  Alex.  Shaler,  of  New  York. 

"OUR  FALLEN  COMRADES." 

May  we  so  guide  our  remaining  march  through  life  as  to 
join  them  at  the  final  review. 

"  To  MAJOR  GENERAL  DAVID  B.  BIRNEY." 

Once  our  beloved  Colonel  whose  memory  we  shall 
always  cherish. 

During  the  reading  of  these  two  toasts  the  comrades 
remained  standing. 

"THE  THIRD  BATTALION." 

Once  the  left  wing  of  the  Twenty-third.  Sad  was  the  part 
ing.  In  the  language  of  to-day,  it  was  a  cold  day  for  us  all  when 
they  left.  How  glad  we  are  to  have  them  with  us.  May  we 
continue  re-united. 

Responded  to  by  Brevet  Major  General  George  W. 
Mindil. 

"THE  SIXTY-FIRST  PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEERS." 

Half  of  whom  were  once  part  of  us.  We  feel  proud  of 
the  part  they  took  in  making  the  brilliant  record  of  that 
gallant  regiment. 

Responded  to  by  Lieutenant  John  W.  Ryan. 


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"  To  Our  NEW  YORK  COMRADES/' 

We  send  hearty  greeting  to  the  survivors  of  the  First 
Long  Island — the  Chasseurs — and  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
second  New  York.  May  the  bonds  of  fraternity,  cemented 
while  brigaded,  never  break  asunder. 

Responded  to  by  cheers  upon  cheers. 

"  COMPANY  Q." 

Known  in  all  commands,  but  not  honored  either  by  the 

paymaster  or  sutler. 

Responded  to  by  Johnnie  Conigan,  Company  "  F." 

The  oration   was  delivered  by  Rev.  James  G.  Shinn,  the 

chaplain  of  the  regiment.    The  paper  was  a  masterpiece,  being 

a  most  exhaustive  review  of  the  battle. 

"THE  REUNION  OF  COLD  HARBOR" 

was  celebrated  by  an  excursion  to  Atlantic  City  by  the  sur 
vivors  and  their  families  with  a  banquet  at  one  of  the  hotels,  at 
which  impromptu  speeches  were  made  by  Colonel  Glenn, 
Chaplain  Shinn,  Dr.  Roller,  Colonel  Wallace  and  others,  with 
songs  and  music.  This,  with  salt  water  bathing,  and  the 
many  other  pleasures  to  be  had  at  this  popular  seaside  resort, 
made  the  celebration  a  most  enjoyable  one. 

"THE  REUNION  OF  MARYE'S  HEIGHTS" 
was  held  at  Belmont  Mansion,  Fairmount  Park,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  the  survivors,  with  their  ladies  and  friends,  going  to  the 
celebration  in  omnibusses.  A  valuable  paper  was  read  upon 
the  action  by  our  beloved  chaplain,  with  one  of  General 
Shaler's  speeches  which  we  insert  in  the  history.  Among  the 
toasts  was  that  to  the 

"  LIGHT  DIVISION," 

the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania,  Sixth  Maine,  Fifth  Wisconsin, 
Forty-third  New  York,  and  Hams'  Light  Battery,  the  boys 
that  wore  the  green  cross  of  the  Sixth  Corps,  and  was  responded 
to  by  Captain  Chas.  F.  Kennedy,  of  the  Sixty-first  Penn 
sylvania,  as  follows : 

The  history  of  the  "Light  Division",  although  brief,  will 
occupy  a  page  on  the  annals  of  the  war  brilliant  with  heroic 
deeds  performed  during  the  short  but  memorable  campaign  of 


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April  and  May,  '63.  Its  organization  dates  from  February  3, 
of  that  year,  and  was  originally  intended  to  have  been  com 
posed  of  two  Pennsylvania  regiments,  the  Twenty-third  and 
Sixty-first,  two  New  York  regiments  and  one  each  from  Maine 

and  Wisconsin,  but  for  some 
reasons  the  Twenty-third  was 
assigned  to  other  duty  and 

a  the  Light  Division  organized — 

Sixth  Maine,  Fifth  Wisconsin, 
Thirty-first  and  Forty-third 
New  York,  Sixty-first  Pennsyl 
vania  and  Hams'  Light  Battery 
of  New  York,  the  whole  com 
manded  by  General  Platt  of  New 
York.  During  the  preparation 
for  the  spring  campaign  no  un 
usual  event  marked  the  history 
of  the  Division,  snugly  quar 
tered  near  Belle  Plains  .  Land 
ing,  well  fed  and  clothed  (for 
Hooker  was  an  excellent  quar 
termaster),  no  picket  duty  to 

perform  and  a  well  supplied  sutler's  tent.  The  boys  led 
an  easy  life  of  it.  On  the  2yth  of  April  with  the  gen 
eral  orders  to  move,  we  broke  camp  and  left  with  no  little 
regret  at  the  parting,  marching  to  the  banks  of  the  Rappa- 
hannock  near  Franklin's  Crossing.  Our  first  light  duty  began 
with  the  carrying  of  pontoons,  but  inspired  by  the  order  of 
General  Hooker  "that  we  were  now  in  a  position  to  force  Lee 
to  fight  on  ground  of  our  own  selection  or  ingloriously  flee  to 
Richmond"  we  worked  with  a  vim  in  the  darkness  of  mid 
night. 

A  successful  landing  having  been  made,  the  Light  Divis 
ion  advanced  on  Saturday,  May  2nd,  and  after  considerable 
skirmishing  captured  the  Bowling  Green  Road  in  rear  and 
southeast  of  the  city  of  Fredericksburg.  During  the  night 
Sedgwick  was  busily  engaged  in  disposing  his  Corps  for  an 
attack  in  the  morning  along  the  heights  made  red  with  the 
blood  of  many  brave  fellows  who  went  dowrn  in  the  terrible 
assaults  made  under  the  gallant  Burnside.  Looking  back  to 
the  dreadful  slaughter  of  December  I3th,  1862,  it  was  not  sur- 


JAMES    BROWN, 
Corporal  Co.  E. 


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prising  that  the  faces  of  our  men  blanched  as  they  scanned 
the  enemy's  strengthened  position  frowning  with  guns  and 
glistening  with  bayonets,  grand  to  look  upon  but  terrible  to 
encounter.  During  the  morning  the  Light  Division  was  dis 
persed  over  various  portions  of  the  line,  preparatory  to  storm 
ing  the  heights  with  the  bayonet. 

To  Pennsylvania  fell  the  lot  of  storming  Marye's  Heights. 
The  Sixty-first  and  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania  were  selected 
as  the  "Forlorn  Hope."  Have  you  in  your  army  experience 
ever  been  placed  in  a  position  in  the  front,  when  you  knew 
the  danger  you  were  about  to  encounter,  not  the  rush  at 
double  quick  into  line,  not  the  sudden  charge  with  the  yell  and 
hurrah  of  the  exciting  moment,  but  to  coolly  stand  by  and 
know  that  you  have  been  ordered  to  charge  into  the  jaws  of 
death,  to  know  that  you  have  been  ordered  to  go  with  the 
almost  certain  knowledge  that  you  are  to  be  sacrificed  for  the 
victory.  Then  and  there  is  the  time  to  test  the  courage  of  men. 

And  there  on  that  bright  sunny  Sabbath  morning  dawn, 
up  in  the  streets  of  Fredericks- 
burg  stood  two  regiments  strip 
ped  for  the  battle — awaiting  as 
a  sense  of  relief  the  order  to 
charge  at  precisely  a  quarter 
of  eleven  by  the  clock  in  the 
church  spire. 

The  column  moved  out  on 
the  road  and  in  column  of 
fours,  the  Sixty-first  in  the  ad 
vance  and  left  in  tront  followed 
by  the  Eighty -second,  right  in 
front,  taking  up  the  double 
quick,  soon  quickening  to  a  run, 
and  with  a  yell  as  if  in  defi 
ance  of  the  enemy's  strength 
went  down  across  the  bridge 
and  up  the  heights  until  close  enough  to  hear  their  voices  as 
they  seemed  to  laugh  in  mockery  of  our  danger.  Suddenly  as 
if  the  gates  of  hell  had  opened,  belched  forth  the  fire  of  the 
enemy,  artillery  and  infantry  pouring  down  the  narrow  road 
way,  canister  and  bullets  rattling  like  hail,  and  dealing  death 
and  making  ghastly  wounds.  Can  we  stand  this  rain  of  fire, 


JAMES  GIBSON,        JOHN  McCLUNG, 
Co.  E.    That  suit  of  Blue  and  Zouave. 


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JESSE  R.  B.  ROE, 
Co.  G. 


or  shall  we  go  back  or  upward  as  if  hoping  for  safety  under 
the  frowning  wall  ?  We  continued  until  the  line,  stunned  and 
bleeding,  halted,  but  for  an  instant  as  if  to  catch  renewed 
courage  and  avenge  the  death  of  those  who  fell ;  up,  up  they 
go,  and  the  ringing  cheers  signalled  the  victory  of  the  capture 

of  Marye's  Heights.     Our  losses  were 
heavy.     Spear,  the  brave,  the  cool  and 
the  galhint  soldier  fell   bullet  pierced 
yj|  and  died  without  a  struggle.     There 

were  many  incidents  of  manly  courage 
:  and  bravery.     It  must  not  be  thought 

that  this  charge  was  all  that  was  re 
quired  to  carry  the  Heights  of  Fred- 
ericksburg.  Simultaneously  all  along 
the  line  moved  regiments  and  brig 
ades  in  charging  column  and  victory 
crowned  Sedgwick's  efforts.  Onward 
to  the  second  range  of  hills  the  enemy 
wrere  driven  and  on  to  Salem  Church,  where,  on  Monday,  the 
enemy  re-enforced,  attempted  to  gobble  the  Sixth  Corps.  You 
well  remember  the  close  of  Monday,  May  5th,  how,  almost  sur 
rounded  by  the  enemy,  the  Sixth  Corps  having  performed  its 
share  of  the  fight,  without  blunder  or  defeat,  re-crossed  the  Rap- 
pahannock  at  Bank's  Ford,  not  crestfallen,  its  plume  as  white 
as  the  morning  of  the  battle,  but  disheartened  because  that  for 
all  this  sacrifice  nothing  had  been  gained. 

Thus  ended  one  of  the  best  planned  campaigns  of  the 
war.  Never  was  an  army  so  well  prepared  for  victory,  never 
was  an  army  so  disappointed  at  defeat  Here  it  was  illus 
trated  that  man  proposes  but  God  disposes.  With  the  return 
of  the  army  came  the  disbandment  of  the  Light  Division  and 
we  that  had  the  honor  feel  proud  to  have  worn  the  Green  Cross 
of  the  Light  Division,  Sixth  Corps. 

At  the  reunion  in  celebration  of  "Malvern  Hill,"  among 
the  many  toasts  \vere  : 

"CoucH's  DIVISION." 

As  part  of  that  old  command  we  congratulate  its  survivors 
who  gallantly  held  the  left  centre  at  Malvern — repulsing  Ma- 
gruder's  desperate  charging  columns. 


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UABERCROMBIE'S  BRIGADE." 

We  touch  elbows  with  the  survivors  of  the  Sixty-first  and 
Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  First  Long  Island  and  New 
York  Chasseurs  and  recount  with  pride  the  gallant  record  they 
made  while  brigaded. 

"MALVERN  HILL." 

The  last  of  the  Seven  Days'  fight,  a  crowning  victory  of 
the  memorable  change  of  base,  was  responded  to  by  General 
George  W.  Mindil  as  follows  : 

"Mr.  President  and  Comrades :  What  shall  I  say  in  reply 
to  the  sentiment  of  this  toast  ?  You  have  already  listened  to 
an  accurate  description  of  the  battle  and  to  a  very  interesting 
account  of  your  regiment's  participation  therein — no  words 
of  mine  can  add  to  your  Chaplain's  picture  of  the  action,  nor 
could  I  as  strikingly  and  eloquently  give  voice  to  the  heroic 
deeds  of  your  gallant  regiment  on  that  memorable  day. 

The  seven  days  of  hard  and  ceaseless  fighting,  each  day 
ending  in  a  night  of  continuous  marching  over  rough,  narrow 
and  treacherous  roads,  through  almost  impassable  swamps 
the  roads  encumbered  with  lug 
gage  and  artillery,  withdrawing 
silently,  compactly,  resolutely 
and  defiantly  from  close  prox 
imity  to  an  alert  and  enterpris 
ing  enemy,  flushed  with  success 
and  eager  for  your  capture  or 
destruction,  furnishes  the  best 
evidence  of  the  indomitable 
spirit  and  soldierly  worth  of  the 
grand  old  Army  of  the  Poto 
mac,  the  Potomac  Army  of 
1862,  with  which  we  were  proud 
to  be  enrolled. 

That  week  of  battles  by  day 
and  marches  by  night  was  won 
by    the    matchless    pluck   and 
bravery,  by  the  staying  qualities  of  the  rank  and  file  of  that 
brave  army. 

Malvern  Hill,  like  Antietam  and  Gettysburg,  like  the 
Wilderness  and  the  series  of  battles  immediately  preceding 


G.  A.  POMMER, 
ist  Sergt.  Co.  H. 


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the  fall  of  Atlanta  was  won  not  by  strategy  or  tactics  ;  not  by 
general  directions  or  officers'  command,  but  by  the  fighting 
qualities  of  the  private  soldiers. 

In  spite  of  incompetent  leadership  in  the  face  of  dire  dis 
appointment,  consequent  upon  a  failure  to  capture  that  which 

was  already  within  grasp — in 
spite  of  the  efforts  and  the 
losses,  at  Mechanicsville,  at 
Games'  Mills,  at  Savages,  at 
the  Orchards,  in  the  White  Oak 
Swamp,  at  Glendale,  and  at 
Charles'  City  Cross  Roads,  this 
gallant  army  of  veteran  sol 
diers,  was  in  its  might,  on  the 
first  day  of  July,  and  on  the 
slope  of  Malvern  Hill,  inflicted 
upon  a  victorious  and  exultant 
enemy,  upon  rebel  forces  who 
charged  their  position  with  the 
fury  of  demons — a  defeat,  so 
bloody  and  so  complete  that 
had  the  commanding  general 
been  imbued  with  but  an  iota  of  the  pluck  and  spirit  of  his 
soldiery,  the  memorable  but  forced  change  of  base  would  have 
carried  you  along  with  the  army  over  all  opposition  into  the 
possession  of  the  rebel  capital. 

I  was  then  serving  upon  the  staff  of  the  Marshal  Ney  of 
your  army  and  I  recall  to-night  most  vividly  a  scene  on  Mal- 
vern's  sanguinary  field,  just  after  the  rebel  legions  had  been 
hurled  to  destruction,  when  an  aide  from  the  commanding 
general  delivered  to  my  chief  the  order  for  retreat.  Raising 
himself  to  his  full  height  in  the  stirrups,  his  proud  martial  fig 
ure  revealing  the  beau  ideal  of  a  soldier,  his  courage  on  for 
eign  fields  honored  by  the  Cross  of  the  Legion  of  Honor,  upon 
his  breast,  and  attested  by  the  empty  sleeve  dangling  by  his 
side,  his  splendid  soldiership,  exalted  bravery  and  unvaried 
success  in  the  recent  battles,  the  theme  of  every  soldier  in  the 
army,  his  face  crimson  with  anger  as  well  as  the  excitement 
for  battle,  his  eagle  eye  flashing  contempt  for  the  order,  he 
said  slowly,  but  distinctly  so  that  all  within  hearing  might 
hear,  'I,  Philip  Kearny,  an  old  soldier,  enter  my  solemn  pro- 


GKORGE  E.  WEEK, 
Sergeant  Co.  K. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


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test  against  this  order,  which  can  only  be  prompted  by  cow 
ardice  or  treason  ;  instead  of  retreating  we  should  be  advanc 
ing  for  the  rebel  army  and  the  rebel  capital  are  at  our  feet' 

Malvern  Hill  was  won,  the  victory  was  ours  but  as  at  An- 
tietam  and    at  Gettysburg  the 
fruits  of   the  success    were  not 
gathered. 

An  unmolested  retreat  was 
assured,  a  new  and  impregnable 
base  of  supplies  was  secured  and 
then  after  the  army  had  united 
and  had  been  reinforced  and 
strengthened  and  was  about  to 
begin  its  new  advance  upon 
the  rebel  capital  w7ith  every 
prospect  of  speedy  success,  an 
unaccountable  order  changing 
the  direction  of  its  march  back 
wards,  the  Peninsula  was  aban 
doned  and  all  the  heroism,  all 
the  losses,  all  the  sufferings  of 
that  Grand  Army  of  the  Potomac  was  brought  to  naught 
by  its  transfer  back  to  the  river  of  its  name  there  to  begin 
anew  within  sight  of  the  nation's  capital,  a  campaign  or 
series  of  campaigns  which  after  two  years  of  most  terrific 
fighting  brought  it  back  again  very  near  to  the  spot  where  it 
won  the  crowning  victory  of  the  Seven  Days'  fight." 


WM.  THOMAS, 
Drummer,  Co.  C. 


OF  THE 

UNIVERSITY 


MONUMENT— TWENTY-THIRD   PA.  VOLS.,  GETTYSBURG. 


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PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  287 


Dedication    of   Monument   at  Gettysburg 

The  survivors  with  their  friends  took  a.  special  train  at 
Broad  Street  Station,  August,  1886,  to  attend  the  dedication 
of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers'  tablet  at  Gettys 
burg. 

Headquarters  was  at  the  McClellan  House.  The  party, 
numbering  350,  held  a  camp-fire  at  the  Court  House,  pre 
sided  over  by  Colonel  Glenn  and  the  next  morning  marched 
to  Gulp's  Hill,  where  the  monument  was  dedicated. 

The  following  was  the  address  of  the  President,  Golonel 
John  F.  Glenn  : 

"  Survivors  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers 
and  friends  : 

We  have  met  to-day  to  dedicate  a  monument  to  the 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers.  While  we  have  the 
right  to  place  a  tablet  at  the  right  and  rear  of  Little  Round 
Top  and  to  the  left  of  Meade's  Headquarters  in  the  rear  of 
left  centre,  it  was  here  at  Gulp's  Hill  where  we  were  engaged 
and  it  is  fitting  that  we  should  place  our  tablet  on  this  spot 
where  our  casualties  were  the  greatest  in  this  battle. 

Our  friends  have  been  legion  not  only  in  contributions 
but  by  their  presence  on  this  occasion  and  we  most  sincerely 
thank  them. 

Gettysburg  is  destined  to  be  the  Mecca  for  all  Americans 
and  you  have  in  this  day's  work  contributed  to  the  preservation 
of  this  field  as  well  as  by  inscription  on  this  monument,  in  a 
concise  way,  proclaimed  the  record  of  the  Twenty-third.  Gen 
eral  Shaler  has  expressed  the  wish  that  the  old  brigade  be 
organized  so  that  their  monuments  may  be  placed  on  Gulp's 
Hill  and  our  organization  will  assure  him  that  we  shall  render 
all  assistance  to  bring  the  matter  to  a  successful  conclusion. 

As  President  of  your  organization  I  greet  and  con 
gratulate  you  one  and  all,  and  will  now  introduce  the  sec 
retary,  who  will  present  the  tablet  to  the  Battlefield  Asso 
ciation." 

After  music  by  the  band  the  tablet  was  unveiled.  The  sec 
retary  was  then  introduced  who  delivered  the  dedication 
address  in  turning  the  monument  over  to  the  Battlefield 
Association. 


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Secretary  William  J.  Wray    then  delivered    the  following; 
address  : 
Friends  and  Survivors  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania   Volunteers: 

We  have  assembled  here  upon  this  historic  field,  to  dedicate  this 
massive  granite  work  of  art,  as  a  tablet,  marking  the  position  held  by 

the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  dur 
ing  part  of  the  third  day  of  the 
battle.  Proudly  we  find  you  have 
wisely  inscribed  upon  its  sides  not 
only  the  legend  of  its  part  borne  in 
the  action,  but  a  concise  history  of 
the  old  command. 

As  we  read  of  its  muster-in  and 
muster-out,  how  our  memories  go 
back  to  the  good-byes  and  God 
speed  greetings  from  our  relatives 
and  friends  who  came  to  see  us  off  to 
the  war  and  as  we  returned,  to  be 
welcomed  by  the  Henry  Guards  and 
the  fourteen  companies  of  the  old 
Volunteer  Fire  Department,  of  Phil 
adelphia,  with  its  thousands  of  citi 
zens  to  greet  you  as  you  passed 
through  its  streets;  by  the  kind 
women  of  Philadelphia  in  a  collation  at  the  Cooper's  shop,  and  reception 
and  parade.  Looking  down  the  long  list  of  battles  you  have  passed 
through,  we  recall  the  marches  and  horrors  of  war,  which  reminds  us 
that  all  did  not  return,  and  as  we  read  the  review  of  the  action  on  the 
third  base  and  front  of  the  tablet,  we  recall  one  of  the  grandest  marches 
in  history,  either  ancient  or  modern  ;  that  of  the  old  Sixth  Corps,, 
from  Manchester  thirty-seven  miles  to  Gettysburg.  You,  that  were  in 
that  march,  will  never  forget  it,  and  on  its  arrival  on  the  field,  how  the 
Corps  pushed  to  the  front  just  as  the  attack  of  Longstreet  at  the  Round 
Top  had  been  repulsed,  only  one  brigade  of  the  Corps  becoming  en 
gaged.  The  Corps  was  honored  by  being  held  as  the  reserve  of  the 
army  during  the  action,  consequently  only  a  few  regiments  and  batteries 
became  engaged,  but  never  had  the  reserve  troops  of  the  army  been 
so  close  to  the  front  and  continuously  under  fire  than  the  Sixth  Corps 
during  the  second  and  third  of  July,  '63. 

Some  writers  of  history  inform  us,  that  had  Pickett' s  charge  been 
well  supported  and  had  he  succeeded  in  breaking  our  line  at  the  left 
centre,  the  tide  of  the  battle  would  have  been  in  favor  of  Lee.  Not  so, 
for  the  Sixth  Corps  was  well  in  hand,  ready  and  anxious  to  take  part 
in  the  repulse,  but  they  didn't  get  a  chance,  as  the  troops  on  that  line 


EDWARD  A.  CULBERTSON, 
Co.  G. 


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' '  weren'  t  breaking  that  day  ' '  and  then  the  same  historians  state  that 
during  Pickett's  charge,  had  Jeb  Stuart  succeeded  in  his  dash  around 
our  right,  the  army  would  have  become  panic  stricken,  but  the  fact  re 
mains  that  away  off  on  the  right  was  one  of  the  brigades  of  the  Sixth 
Corps  under  General  Thomas  H.  Neill,  our  old  colonel,  to  watch  and 
intercept  just  such  ventures,  but  the  Corps  didn't  get  the  chance  to  stop 
Jeb,  for  our  cavalry,  under  one  of  Pennsylvania's  proud  sons,  General 
D.  McM.  Gregg,  took  good  care  of  them  and  sent  them  back  to  their 
lines.  While  the  Corps  was  here  during  the  two  days  of  the  action,  it 
was  only  by  chance  that  any  part  of  them  became  engaged.  Our  bri 
gade,  "  Shaler's,"  composed  of  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York,  the  "  Chass 
eurs,"  Sixty-seventh  New  York,  First  Long  Island,  Eighty-second 
Pennsylvania  Infantry,  One  hundred  and  twenty-second  New  York  and 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  on  arriving  on  the  field  moved  into  support 
ing  position  near  Little  Round  Top.  In  the  early  morning  of  the  third, 
it  was,  by  order  of  General  Sedgwick,  reported  to  General  Geary, 
commanding  the  Second  Division  of  the  Twelfth  Corps,  as  a  support  to 
his  division,  who  were  then  engaged  in  driving  out  the  enemy,  who 
occupied  the  breastworks  on  this  hill,  "Gulp's,"  that  had  been  tempo 
rarily  abandoned,  the  evening  before,  while  Geary  had  gone  over  to 
Round  Top.  The  brigade  marched  out  the  Taneytown  Road  and 
crossed  the  field  coming  into  posi 
tion  in  a  rocky  ravine.  The  brig 
ade  massed  behind  a  clump  of 
woods.  It  was  while  here,  that  a 
staff  officer  of  Geary's  Division, 
took  a  detail  of  five  companies 
under  Lt.  -Col.  Glenn  and  placed 
them  in  the  breastworks,  the  men 
being  deployed  and  advanced  into 
them  under  severe  fire,  it  being 
the  intention  to  cross  the  works 
at  the  call  of  the  bugle,  to  feel 
the  enemy,  there  having  been  a 
lull  in  the  firing,  but  as  the 
enemy's  position  having  been  un 
covered,  these  companies  became 
engaged.  This  was  during  the 
heavy  shelling,  prior  to  Pickett's 
charge.  During  the  charge,  the 
regiment,  with  the  brigade,  moved  off  to  support  the  Second  Corps  at 
the  left  centre,  passing  through  a  most  terrible  storm  of  shot  and  shell, 
equivalent  to  charging  a  battery.  This  being  the  position  that  the  regi 
ment  was  engaged  while  occupying  the  breastworks,  they  have  selected 


•••I 


ALEXANDER  JOHNSON, 
Corporal  Co.  F. 


290  HISTORY   OF  THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


this  site  where  the  tablet  is  now  placed,  to  mark  their  position,  showing 
it  to  have  been  one  of  the  relieving  regiments,  and  in  doing  so  we  claim 
no  honors  that  belong  to  the  gallant  Second  Division  of  the  Twelfth 
Corps,  who  so  bravely  and  gallantly  held  the  works  they  had  built. 

During  some  of  the  most  desperate  charges  of  the  action,  one  of 
the  incidents  that  occurred,  was  that  when  the  regiment  moved  off 
to  the  support  of  the  Second  Corps  during  the  heavy  shelling,  that  "  H" 
Company  was  left  behind  and  it  was  not  discovered  until  the  regiment 
stacked  arms  that  night.  Captain  Craig,  one  of  the  bravest  and  best 
line  officers  in  the  regiment,  who  commanded  the  company,  did  not 
receive  the  order  to  retire,  and  remained  until  he  did. 

As  we  read  the  names  of  our  Corps,  Division,  Brigade  and  Regi 
ment  Commanders,  we  find  that  many  of  them  have  been  called  to  the 
encampment  above.  Among  those  who  were  killed,  was  that  gallant 
soldier  Sedgwick,  in  the  Wilderness  ;  the  hard  fighter,  Russell,  at 
Winchester,  while  General  Birney,  our  beloved  Colonel,  who  rose  to 
command  an  Army  Corps,  was  called  home  to  die  from  disease  con 
tracted  in  the  field,  while  those  who  lived  to  see  the  nation  restored 
and  have  since  died,  are  Patterson,  Cadwalader,  Wheaton,  Thomas, 
Abercrombie,  Ely  and  our  own  Thomas  H.  Neill.  Among  the  living- 
are  General  Keyes,  who  resides  at  San  Francisco,  Franklin  and  Couch, 
at  Hartford,  Conn.,  Buell,  at  Louisville,  Ky. ,  Newton,  Shaler  and 
Cochran,  New  York  City  ;  Edwards  in  Iowa  and  Glenn  at  Philadel 
phia.  May  they  have  prosperity  and  plenty,  and  live  to  a  good  old 
age.  As  to  the  boys,  the  death  roll  is  a  long  one,  both  during  the  ser 
vice  and  since.  May  the  survivors  march  along  the  road  of  life,  cheered 
with  plenty  of  good  store,  until  we  all  are  mustered  out. 

To  our  friends  who  have  been  so  kind  in  assisting  us  to  erect 
this  tablet  to  the  memory  of  the  old  Command,  they  have  our  most 
grateful  thanks.  In  their  names  and  that  of  the  survivors  of  the  Twenty- 
third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  I  now  deliver  this  tablet.  May  the 
country  never  again  be  called  to  arms,  but  peace  and  prosperity  exist 
for  all  time  to  come. 

General  Alexander  Shaler,  who  commanded  the  brigade  of  which 
the  Twenty-third  was  a  part,  who  had  been  selected  as  the  orator,  then 
delivered  a  most  able  oration,  giving  a  concise  history  of  the  regi 
ment's  services,  and  while  he  had  learned  that  it  was  at  first  in  dispute 
that  the  regiment's  monument  should  be  placed  at  Gulp's  Hill,  he  had 
brought  with  him  the  report  of  its  colonel,  written  on  July  4,  1863, 
containing  the  names  of  two  officers  and  twenty-nine  enlisted  men  who 
had  been  killed  and  wounded  while  in  the  action,  and  he  was  glad  to 
note  the  matter  had  been  adjusted  and  that  the  Twenty-third's  monu 
ment  was  now  in  position  where  it  was  engaged. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  291 

Re-dedication  of   tKe  Twenty-tHird  Pennsyl 
vania   Monument  at  Gettysburg,  June,    1888 

The  State  of  Pennsylvania,  having  appropriated  $1500  for 
the  erection  of  a  monument  to  each  of  the  commands  from  the 
Keystone  State  that  participated  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg, 
the  design  selected  by  the  Twenty-third  was  a  granite  statue 
of  a  Birney  Zouave,  to  surmount  their  monument  erected  in 
1886  at  Gulp's  Hill.  Upon  this  occasion  the  survivors  of 
Shaler's  Brigade  and  their  friends  came  on  special  trains  to 
dedicate  the  monuments  of  the  Twenty-third  and  Eighty-second 
Pennsylvania,  Sixty-fifth  New  York,  "  The  Chasseurs",  Sixty- 
seventh  New  York,  "The  First  Long  Island"  and  One  Hundred 
and  Twenty-second  New  York.  The  reunion  of  three  days 
was  a  most  pleasant  and  happy  one,  it  being  the  first  time  the 
brigade  had  met  since  mustered  out.  The  Twenty-third  acted 
as  the  host,  keeping  open  house,  and  in  honor  of  the  event 
gave  a  grand  complimentary  ball  in  the  Rink  Building.  At  the 
camp-fire  held  in  the  Court  House,  the  brigade  committee 
selected  the  secretary  of  the  Twenty-third  to  preside  ;  quite  an 
honor  and  compliment  to  the  regiment 

On  the  march  out  to  the  dedication  grounds,  the  battle- 
flags  of  the  regiment  were  carried  by  Comrades  David  Colville, 
and  William  H.  Bantom,  of  Philadelphia,  and  John  Moffitt, 
of  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

The  exercises  at  the  dedication  opened  with  music  by  the 
McKnightstown  Band,  followed  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  H.  W.  Mc- 
Knight,  President  of  the  Gettysburg  College — a  veteran  of 
the  Sixth  Corps — who  eloquently  delivered  a  fervent  prayer. 

Colonel  John  F.  Glenn,  of  Philadelphia,  President  of  the 
Survivors'  Association,  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers, 
then  delivered  the  following  address  : 

COLONEL    JOHN  F.   GLENN'S  ADDRESS. 

Comrades  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers 
and  Friends  of  Shaler"  s  Brigade  : 

' '  We  assemble  here  to-day  to  unvail  a  Statue  that  surmounts  our 
Monument,  that  we  had  the  honor  to  dedicate  some  two  years  ago, 
and  it  is  with  feelings  of  gratification  that  I  extend  congratulations  to 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


293 


the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers  and  Comrades  of  Shaler's 
Brigade,  for  such  a  large  attendance  of  their  survivors  on  this  hallowed 
ground — and  in  their  name  I  most  heartily  thank  our  friends  who  have 
honored  the  occasion  by  their  presence.  To  the  State  of  Pennsyl 
vania  we  extend  our  grateful  thanks 
for  the  gift  which  I  now  unveil, 
that  of  a  Birney  Zouave — and  in 
saying  this  I  assure  the  Common 
wealth  of  Pennsylvania  of  the  grati 
tude  of  all  the  Survivors  of  the 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volun 
teer  Infantry." 

The  Statue  was  then  unveiled 
amid  the  applause  of  the  crowd  and 
music  of  the  bands,  by  the  follow 
ing  ladies  :  Mrs.  Colonel  John  F. 
Glenn,  Mrs.  Colonel  William  J. 
Wallace,  Miss  Emma  Wray, 
(daughter  of  the  Secretary)  of 
Philadelphia,  Mrs.  Captain  James 
M.  Craig,  of  Allegheny  City,  and 
Mrs.  John  Moffitt,  of  Pittsburg. 
After  order  was  restored,  Presi 
dent  Glenn  introduced  Comrade  William  J.  Wray,  of  Philadelphia, 
Secretary  of  the  Survivors'  Association,  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  who  presented  the  Statue  to  the  Battlefield  Memorial 
Association  in  the  following  address  : 

WILLIAM  J.   WRAY'S  ADDRESS. 

Mr.  Secretary  and  Members  of  the  Gettysburg 
Battlefield  Memorial  Association: 

On  August  6,  1886,  the  Survivors' Association  of  the  Twenty-third 
Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  and  their  friends,  had  the  honor  to 
dedicate  and  turn  over  to  the  keeping  of  your  Association  this  Tablet, 
that  marks  the  position  of  the  Twenty-third  during  the  action  of  July 
3,  1863.  On  that  occasion,  General  Alexander  Shaler,  as  orator  of 
the  day,  after  reviewing  the  action  at  Gettysburg,  and  history  of  the 
Regiment,  in  most  eloquent  words,  generously  paid  tribute  to  the  com 
mand  as  its  Brigade  Commander. 

Since  that  time  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  having  appropriated 
the  sum  of  $1,500  to  each  Pennsylvania  command  that  participated  in 
the  action  for  the  erection  of  monuments,  our  Association  appointed 
the  required  committee  and  selected  a  design  of  a  Statue  to  surmount 


JOHN   GIBSON, 
Corporal  Co.  G. 


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their  Tablet.  The  Pennsylvania  State  Commission  on  Gettysburg 
Monuments  having  approved  of  our  selection,  the  work  was  ordered 
done,  and  we  are  here  to-day  to  transfer  to  the  keeping  of  the  Battle 
field  Memorial  Association,  this  granite  work  of  art,  just  unveiled — a 

Statue  of  a  "  Birney  Zouave. ' '  You 
will  observe  the  figure  represents 
a  youthful  soldier,  who  advancing 
up  the  slope  at  trail  arms,  grasps 
his  musket  impulsively,  as  he  sud 
denly  receives  the  fire  of  the  enemy. 
It  is  quite  a  departure  from  the  dress 
parade  figure  usually  cut  in  granite, 
and  while  not  regulation  as  to  the 
position  of  the  musket,  it  is  realistic 
— thus  showing  the  soldier  under 
fire — and  one  more  appropriate  on 
a  battlefield.  The  surroundings 
being  woodland — the  figure  is  sup 
ported  by  a  broken  tree,  appar 
ently  struck  by  a  piece  of  shell — 
all  details  as  to  uniform  and  accou 
trements  have  been  brought  artis 
tically  out, — and  in  placing  this  work  of  art  in  the  keeping  of  your 
Association,  we  deem  it  a  pleasant  duty  we  owe  to  thank  you  for  the 
faithful  manner  in  which  you  have  labored  for  the  preservation  of  this 
field — and  in  the  name  of  the  Survivors  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania 
Volunteer  Infantry  we  gratefully  acknowledge  the  gift  of  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania  which  so  generously  appropriated  the  funds  for  its  erection. 
Secretary  John  M.  Krauth,  of  Gettysburg,  received  the  Statue  on 
behalf  of  the  Battlefield  Memorial  Association,  in  a  brief  address. 

Seventy-five  ladies  of  the  Twenty-third,  as   choristers,    than   sang 
the  following  verses  of  the  National  Hymn — "America." 


MICHAEL   McCORMICK, 
Co.  A 


My  country  !  'tis  of  thee, 
Sweet  land  of  liberty, 

Of  thee  I  sing  : 
Land  where  my  fathers  died  ! 
Land  of  the  Pilgrim's  pride 
From  every  mountain  side 

Let  Freedom  ring  ! 

My  native  country,  thee, 
Land  of  the  noble  free, 

Thy  name  I  love  ; 
I  love  thy  rocks  and  rills, 
Thy  woods  and  templed  hills 
My  heart  with  rapture  thrills, 

Like  that  above. 


Let  music  swell  the  breeze, 
And  ring  from  all  the  trees 

Sweet  freedom's  song : 
Let  mortal  tongues  awake  ; 
Let  all  that  breathe  partake  ; 
Let  rocks  their  silence  break, 

The  sound  prolong. 

Our  fathers'  God,  to  Thee, 
Author  of  Liberty, 

To  Thee  we  sing  ; 
Long  may  our  land  be  bright 
With  Freedom's  holy  light ; 
Protect  us  by  Thy  might, 

Great  God,  our  King. 


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With  music  of  the  band,  and  everybody  joining  in  the  singing, 
the  inspiring  melody  that  went  up  in  the  woods,  made  a  scene  long  to 
be  remembered.  Then  followed  the  singing  of  the  ' '  Doxology. ' ' 

Praise  God,  from  Whom  all  blessings  flow  ; 
Praise  Him,  all  creatures  here  below  ; 
Praise  Him  above,  ye  heavenly  host  ; 
Praise  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost. 

Benediction  was  then  pronounced  by  the  Rev.  H.  W, 
Taps  was  then  sounded  on  the  bugle  by  Bugler 
Philadelphia. 


McKnight. 
Blanck,    of 


GENERAL  SHALER'S  ORATION. 

Comrades  of  the  Old  Brigade, 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

We  meet  to-day  upon  historic  grounds.  Some  of  us  have  met 
here  before.  Twenty-five  years  ago,  within  a  few  days,  two  great 
armies  confronted  each  other  in  this  vicinity.  One  in  defense  of  State 
Rights,  the  other  in  defense  of  United  States  Rights.  One  assaulted 
the  Union,  the  other  defended  it. 

I  shall  not  attempt  to  describe,  in  full,  the  great  battle  which  en 
sued,  relate  the  causes  which  led  to 
it,  nor  discuss  the  effect  upon  the 
country  of  the  resulting  victory  of 
the  Union  Army  ;  but  content  my 
self  with  a  brief  synopsis  of  the  part 
taken  in  this  and  other  battles  by 
that  portion  of  the  Sixth  Corps  in 
which  we  had  the  honor  of  serving. 

Let  us  go  back  to  the  autumn 
of  1 86 1.  The  ''tocsin  of  war  had 
sounded."  The  cry  to  arms  had 
reverberated  throughout  the  land. 
Fathers,  husbands,  brothers  and 
sons  turned  their  backs  upon  their 
children,  their  wives,  their  parents 
and  all  that  was  dearest  to  them  on 
earth,  and  rushed  impulsively  to 
the  defense  of  the  LJnion.  To  show 
how  spontaneous  and  how  general  this  outburst  of  patriotism  was,  it 
may  be  stated,  that  between  July  27,  1861,  and  October  27,  (a  period 
of  three  months)  there  were  added  to  the  army,  than  organizing,  about 
120,000  men  ;  and  that  in  December  following,  there  were  in  the  vicin 
ity  of  Washington,  and  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  over  200,000  men 
in  battle  array. 


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Washington  and  its  suburbs  was  one  grand  encampment.  Troops 
from  every  loyal  State  were  being  marshalled  and  prepared  for  active 
service.  General  George  B.  McClellan,  whom  we  familiarly  called 
' 'Little  Mac,"  owing  to  his  success  in  West  Virginia,  in  the  summer 
of  1 86 1,  had  been  called  to  Washington  to  organize  and  command  an 
army  for  the  double  purpose  of  defending  the  Capital  and  of  taking  the 
field.  As  regiment  after  regiment  arrived,  they  were  organized  into 
brigades  and  divisions  without  much  reference  to  the  States  from  which 
they  came,  and  were  encamped  contiguous  to  each  other.  At  Queen's 
farm,  on  the  Bladensburg  road,  just  on  the  outskirts  of  the  city,  the 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  Colonel  Birney  ;  the  Thirty-first  Pennsyl 
vania,  which  afterwards  became  the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  Col 
onel  Williams  ;  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York,  Colonel  Cochrane,  and  the 
Sixty-seventh  New  York,  Colonel  Adams,  were  encamped  and  formed 
what  was  known  as  Graham' s  Brig 
ade,  under  the  command  of  Briga 
dier-General  Pike  Graham,  an  of 
ficer  formerly  of  the  United  States 
Cavalry  service.  This  Brigade 
formed  a  part  of  the  Division  com 
manded  by  General  Don  Carlos 
Buell. 

As  early  as  October,  1861, 
the  organization  of  the  army  was 
practically  completed,  and  from 
that  time  until  April,  1862,  when 
the  Peninsula  campaign  was  begun, 
were  drilled  and  schooled  in  the 
practices  of  war.  The  monotonous 
routine  of  camp  life  was  varied  only 
by  an  occasional  wild  rumor  of  ap 
proaching  rebels,  and  a  reconnais 
sance  of  the  surrounding  country. 

With  the  exception  of  a  skirmish  at  Lewinsville,  Virginia,  just  be 
yond  Chain  Bridge,  in  which  a  part  of  the  Brigade  (the  Chasseur  regi 
ment)  was  engaged,  the  troops  had  so  far  experienced  only  the  drudg 
ery  and  the  jollities  of  camp  life.  But  this  was  ended  in  the  spring  of 
1862,  by  the  cry  of  "On  to  Richmond,"  when  our  Brigade,  with  the 
rest  of  the  army,  took  transports  at  Alexandria,  for  Fortress  Monroe. 
In  the  meantime  the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania,  Colonel  Rippey,  had 
joined  us. 

The  campaign  was  begun  witrTthree  Corps  of  the  army,  to  wit  : — 
the  Second,  commanded  by  General  Sumner  ;  the  Third,  commanded 
by  General  Heintzelman,  and  the  Fourth,  commanded  by  General 


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Keyes.  Couch's  Division,  to  which  we  were  attached,  belonged  to 
Keyes'  Corps.  Our  advance  up  the  Peninsula  was  slow  and  tedious, 
although  no  enemy  was  seen  until  we  reached  Yorktown.  Pending  the 
siege  of  that  place  we  were  occupied  in  watching  Warwick  River.  The 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_      battle  of    Williamsburg  followed 

^jfe^  •      the  evacuation  of  Yorktown,  and 

jLmS  our  Brigade,  after  marching  all  day 

fl^tfl  J^Jftl  through  a  drizzling  rain  and  mud 

ankle-deep,   reached  the    battle- 

field  in  time  to  support  some  of 

^Bin  '!j  • 
JLI  BL  Hooker's  troops  in  making  their 

XttieK  final  charge. 

Before  we  had  advanced  far 
enough  from  Fortress  Monroe  to 
see  the  enemy,  General  Graham 
was  relieved  from  duty  and  Gen 
eral  Wessels,  also  of  the  regular 
army,  put  in  command  of  the 
Brigade.  General  Wessels  was  in 
a  short  time  succeeded  by  an 
other  regular  officer,  General 
Abercrombie,  who  was  with  us 
at  Fair  Oaks,  and  retained  the  command  until  after  the  second  battle 
of  Bull  Run,  fought  by  General  Pope. 

We  crossed  the  Chickahominy  at  Bottom's  Bridge  about  the  25th 
of  May,  and  advanced  within  five  miles  of  Richmond,  where,  at  Seven 
Pines  and  Fair  Oaks,  on  the  3ist  of  May,  was  fought  the  first  import 
ant  and  severe  battle  of  the  campaign.  In  this  battle  the  regiments 
of  our  Brigade  were  separated.  We  were  encamped  along  the  Nine 
Mile  Road,  extending  from  Seven  Pines,  on  the  Williamsburg  Pike,  to 
Fair  Oaks  Station  on  the  Richmond  and  York  Railroad. 

Owing  to  the  suddenness  of  the  enemy's  attack,  the  Twenty-third 
Pennsylvania  and  the  Sixty-seventh  New  York,  were  thrown  forward, 
while  marching  towards  Fair  Oaks  on  the  Nine  Mile  road,  into  a  dense 
pine  grove  on  the  left,  through  which  the  enemy  was  advancing.  They 
succeeded,  with  the  Thirty-first  Pennsylvania  and  the  Sixty -first  Penn 
sylvania,  already  in  line,  in  checking  that  advance,  but  were  subse 
quently  forced  to  retire  with  very  heavy  losses.  In  this  onslaught  the 
Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  lost  its  Colonel  (Rippey)  and  was  badly  cut 
up.  Their  resolute  stand,  however,  enabled  the  rest  of  the  Brigade  to 
reach  Fair  Oaks  Station,  where,  after  holding  position  a  short  time, 
the  Thirty-first  Pennsylvania  and  the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  having 
previously  taken  position  in  advance  of  their  camps  near  the  railroad 
station,  they  were  withdrawn  under  the  personal  supervision  of  General 


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Couch,  the  division  commander,  with  a  section  of  Brady's  Battery,  the 
Sixty-third  New  York,  Colonel  Riker,  and  the  Seventh  Massachusetts, 
Colonel  Devens,  along  the  road  leading  to  the  Grape  Vine  Bridge,  as 
far  as  the  Adams  House. 

The  Thirty-first  Pennsylvania,  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York,  and  two 
companies  of  the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania,  which  had  been  on  the 
picket  line,  were  posted  in  the  order  named  on  the  right  of  the  road 
facing  and  on  the  edge  of  a  dense  woods  ;  while  the  Sixty-second  New 
York,  Brady's  guns,  and  the  Seventh  Massachusetts  were  posted  in 
the  order  named  on  the  left  of  the  road,  on  a  knoll  overlooking  an 
open  field  and  flanking  the  woods  along  which  the  first-named  regi 
ments  had  been  formed. 

The  enemy's  advance  through  the  piece  of  woods  was  resolute  and 
persistent.  Regiment  after  regiment  was  brought  forward  to  drive  us 
back  and  get  on  the  flank  of  Brady's  guns,  but  without  avail.  The 
dogged  tenacity  with  which  the  men  of  the  Thirty-first  Pennsylvania, 
the  Chasseurs  and  the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  clung  to  their  position, 
outmatched  the  fierceness  of  the  enemy's  assault. 

Despairing  of  success  in  their  efforts  to  flank  the  artillery,  the 
enemy  essayed  a  direct  attack,  but  with  no  better  success,  although  a 
few  dead  rebels  were  found  within  twenty  yards  of  the  muzzles  of  the 
guns.  This  attack  was  made  about 
2  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  and  so 
sudden  that  the  Brigade  Com 
mander,  General  Abercrombie,  was 
caught  in  the  woods  between  the 
lines  and  received  a  slight  wound  in 
the  face.  Between  4  and  5  o'clock, 
the  leading  Brigade  of  Sedgwick's 
Division  and  Kirby's  Battery  of 
twelve-pounders,  which  had  crossed 
the  Chickahominy  on  the  Grape 
Vine  Bridge,  arrived  on  the  field. 

The  infantry  were  posted  on 
the  right  and  in  the  rear  of  our  line, 
and  the  artillery  on  the  knoll  beside 
Brady's  two  guns.  Other  infantry 
were  put  in  position  on  the  left  of 
the  artillery,  and  connection  made 
with  the  troops  which  had  been 
forced  back  by  the  impetuosity  of  the  assault.  Fresh  troops  were  ad 
vanced  by  the  enemy  and  the  battle  raged  until  dark,  but  not  an  inch 
of  ground  was  yielded.  The  conduct  of  our  men  in  this  battle  furn 
ishes  an  example  of  the  benefits  derived  from  proper  instruction  and 


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Captain  Co.  G. 


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rigid  discipline.  Under  guidance  of  their  officers,  they  reserved  their 
fire  until  the  enemy  could  be  seen  through  the  thicket  in  front  of  them. 
As  a  result,  a  large  proportion  of  the  shots  were  effective.  The 
Chasseur  regiment  captured  a  battle  flag  and  the  next  morning  buried 

over  one  hundred  rebels  found   in 
their  front. 

The  following  day  the  Brigade 
was  again  united  and  moved  to  an 
advanced  position.      On  the  26th  of 
June  the  extreme  right  of  our  army 
at  Mechanicsville  was   attacked   by 
the  rebels  in    force,  and  from  that 
time  until  July  ist,  when  the  battle 
of  Malvern  Hill  was  fought,  we  ex 
perienced  all  the  trials  and  suffer 
ings  incident  to  a  forced  march  of 
six  days,  without  sleep,  shelter  or 
regular  food.     At  Malvern  Hill,  our 
Division    having   been    among  the 
first  to  arrive  was  naturally  assigned 
the  most  important  position.   There 
several  times  it  was  assailed  by  the 
rebels,  who  were  repulsed  with  fear 
ful    loss.      On    the  right  of  the    line,  held    by  Couch's    Division,    the 
Chasseur  regiment  was  at  one  time  compelled  to  change  front  under 
fire,  and  did  it  with  such  wonderful  coolness  and  precision  as  to  com 
mand  the  admiration  and  the  compliments  of  the  Brigade  commander. 
The  six  weeks'  encampment  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  at  Harri 
son's  Landing,  on  the  James  River,  its  transfer  to   the  City  of  Wash 
ington,  the  part  it  took  in  supporting  Pope's  army  in  the  second  battle 
of  Bull  Run,   and  its  subsequent  reorganization  by  General  McClellan, 
furnish  nothing  of  special  note  in  reference  to  our  Brigade,  except  that 
General  John  Cochrane,  who  had  been  promoted  from  the  Colonelcy  of 
the  Chasseur  regiment  after  the  battle  of  Fair  Oaks,  was   put  in   com 
mand  of  our  Brigade  in  the  place  of  General  Abercrombie,  who  had 
been  assigned  to  duty  at  Centreville,  after  Pope's  campaign,  and  Couch's 
Division  was  transferred  to  the  Sixth  Corps,  then  commanded  by  Gen 
eral  Franklin. 

In  the  reorganization  of  the  army,  early  in  September,  while  on 
the  march,  the  One-hundred  and  twenty-second  New  York  regiment, 
Colonel  Silas  Titus,  was  added  to  our  Brigade,  and  we  became  the  First 
Brigade,  Third  Division,  Sixth  Corps. 

After  the  defeat  of  Pope,  at  Manassas,  Lee  boldly  struck  out  north 
ward,  in  the  direction  of  Leesburg,  necessitating  great  caution  on  the 


BROTHERS 

ROBERT  AND  WASHINGTON  ELLIOTT, 
Co.  C. 


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part  of  McClellan,  who  had  been  again  verbally  placed  in  command  of 
the  troops  about  Washington,  embracing  those  designated  as  the  Army 
of  Virginia. 

The  battlefield  of  Antietam  was  reached  by  our  Brigade  early  in- 
the  afternoon  of  the  i  yth  of  September,  after  a  tramp  through  Pleasant 
Valley  and  up  to  the  top  of  Maryland  Heights,  in  search  of  the  rebel 
General  McLaws,  on  one  of  the  hottest  days  and  over  the  dustiest  road 
we  had  ever  marched.  At  Antietam  we  relieved  that  part  of  the  line 
to  the  right  of  a  corn-field  and  immediately  in  front  of  Dunker  Church. 
This  line  we  occupied  until  the  morning  of  the  iQth,  when  our  Divis 
ion  was  put  in  pursuit  of  the  fleeing  rebels,  the  rear  guard  of  which  we 
had  a  fight  with,  and  drove  across  the  river  at  Williamsport. 

McClellan' s  tardiness  after  the  battle  of  Antietam  caused  much 
uneasiness  and  great  dissatisfaction  with  the  authorities  at  Washington, 
and  resulted  in  his  being  relieved  at  Warrenton,  and  General  Burnside 
being  placed  in  command  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  on  the  Qth  of 
November,  1862. 

Upon  the  reorganization  of  the  army  which  followed,  General 
Couch  was  assigned  to  the  command  of  the  Second  Corps  and  General 
John  Newton  was  put  in  command  of  the  Third  Division,  Sixth  Corps. 

In  the  calamitous  failure  of  Burnside' s  attack  on  Fredericksburg, 
December  i3th  to  the  isth,  the  Sixth  Corps,  then  in  command  of  Gen 
eral  W.  F.  Smith,  popularly  known  as  "Baldy  Smith,"  formed  a  part 
of  the  Left  Grand  Division,  commanded  by  General  Franklin. 

We  crossed  the  Rappahannock  about  three  miles  below  the  city, 
near  the  Bernard  House,  and 
supported  General  Meade  in  his 
attack  upon  the  enemy's  right, 
without  serious  loss,  although 
constantly  under  a  heavy  artil 
lery  fire.  On  the  2Oth  of  Jan 
uary  following,  General  Burnside 
considered  that  "the  auspicious 
moment  had  arrived' '  and  issued 
his  orders  for  recrossing  the  Rap 
pahannock  at  Banks'  Ford.  No 
sooner  had  the  troops  broken 
camp  than  the  rain  commenced 
to  fall  in  torrents,  and,  after 
floundering  around  a  whole  day,  they  returned  to  camp  at  night, 
having  added  nothing  to  our  prestige  or  that  of  the  commanding  Gen 
eral,  and  nothing  to  history,  except  the  record  of  a  "mud  inarch." 

General  Burnside' s  retirement  from  the  command  of  the  army  soon 
followed,  and  General  Hooker,  already  known  as  "Fighting  Joe"  for 


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his  gallant  and  persistent  assaults  upon  the  rebel  earthworks  at  Wil- 
liamsburg,  on  the  Peninsula,  and  at  South  Mountain  and  Antietam, 
superseded  him.  Then  followed  another  reorganization  of  the  army, 
in  which  the  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  was  taken  from  our  Brigade  and 
made  a  part  of  the  Light  Brigade,  organized  for  special  purposes. 

The  resignation  of  General  Cochrane,  on  the  ist  of  March,  1863, 
placed  the  speaker  in  command  of  the  Brigade.  General  Hooker's 
first  field  operation  was  an  effort  to  crush  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia 
at  Chancellorsville. 

It  was  part  of  his  plan  to  have  Sedgwick,  who  now  commanded 
the  Sixth  Corps,  assault  and  carry  the  Heights  of  Fredericksburg,  move 
out  on  the  road  to  Chancellorsville,  and  strike  the  rear  of  Lee's  army 
while  he,  Hooker,  engaged  it  in  front.  For  that  purpose  the  Sixth 
Corps  crossed  the  Rappahannock  below  Fredericksburg,  near  the  old 

Franklin  crossing,  on  April  29th,  and 
on  the  night  of  Saturday,  May  2d,  at 
i  A.  M.,  commenced  a  flank  march  into 
Fredericksburg. 

Our  Brigade  was  honored  with  the 
advance  and  instructed  to  let  nothing 
impede  the  march  through  the  town, 
over  the  heights  and  out  on  the  Chan 
cellorsville  road  ;  an  easy  order  for  a 
General  to  give,  but  not  easy  of  execu 
tion,  in  the  presence  of  a  wide  awake 
enemy,  holding  earthworks  across  your 
path,  an  effort  to  take  which  had 
JESSE  CORNELL,  already  cost  1 5,000  lives.  After  driving 

in  the   outposts,  in  which  the  Chasseur 

regiment,  under  the  lamented  Hamblin,  showed  conspicuous  gallantry, 
losing  many  men  and  leaving  Major  Healy  on  the  ground  mortally 
wounded,  as  was  supposed,  we  continued  our  march  until  the  enemy's 
line  of  defences  at  the  foot  of  Marye's  Heights  was  encountered,  when, 
by  order  of  the  Division  commander,  the  head  of  the  column  entered  the 
city,  leaving  one  of  our  regiments,  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  de 
ployed  in  the  open  field  facing  the  never-to-be-forgotten  stone  wall. 
When  daylight  appeared  the  men  of  the  Twenty-third  found  themselves 
exposed  to  the  enemy's  fire,  and  for  five  long  hours,  without  an  oppor 
tunity  to  even  make  a  cup  of  coffee,  they  maintained  this  harassing 
position.  About  10  o'  clock  Sunday  morning  the  columns  and  deployed 
lines  were  formed  by  General  Newton  for  storming  the  heights.  The 
column  on  the  extreme  right  was  composed  of  the  Sixty-first  Pennsyl 
vania  and  Forty-third  New  York,  of  the  Light  Brigade,  under  the 
command  of  Colonel  Spear,  and  was  supported  by  the  Eighty-second 


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Pennsylvania  and  the  Sixty-seventh  New  York,  of  our  Brigade,  under 
command  of  the  speaker.  The  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  formed  a 
part  of  the  deployed  line  on  the  left  of  the  second  column  of  attack. 
The  Chasseur  regiment  and  the  One  hundred  and  twenty-second  New 
York  were  directed  to  follow  with  the  rest  of  our  Division  and  join  the 
Brigade  after  the  heights  had  been  carried. 

Upon  the  opening  of  Newton's  batteries  both  columns  debouched 
from  under  cover,  and  the  deployed  lines  advanced  to  the  assault. 
Spear's  column  on  the  right  was  enfiladed  by  batteries  stationed  in  the 
road  at  the  top  of  the  hill  and  in  the  works  on  each  side  of  the  road  ; 
rifle  pits  at  the  base  of  the  hill  also  confronted  him.  The  column  moved 
out  on  the  double  quick,  but  the  road  was  narrow  and  before  the  col 
umn  had  passed  over  half  the  distance  it  was  literally  swept  away  by 
the  iron  hail  showered  upon  it.  Colonel  Spear  fell  mortally  wounded. 
Major  Bassett,  with  the  Eighty-sec 
ond  Pennsylvania,  found  himself  at 
the  head  of  the  column,  and  strug 
gled  manfully  to  carry  his  men  for 
ward,  and  finally,  encouraged  by  the 
presence  of  their  Brigade  Com 
mander  with  his  two  aides,  Lieuten 
ants  Armstrong  and  Johnson,  rushed 
forward  with  the  Sixty-seventh  New 
York  and  carried  the  heights,  cap 
turing  two  pieces  of  the  Washington 
battery  of  artillery,  one  officer  and 
a  number  of  men.  The  Twenty- 
third  Pennsylvania,  in  deployed  line, 
with  the  Fifth  Wisconsin,  Sixth 
Maine  and  Thirty-first  New  York, 
moved  gallantly  to  the  charge.  An 
eye  witness  belonging  to  the  Sec 
ond  Division,  in  speaking  of  this  line,  says,  "Four  more  gallant 
regiments  could  not  be  found  in  the  service.  Leaving  everything  but 
guns  and  ammunition  they  started  forward,  encountering  a  shower  of 
bullets,  grape  and  canister,  as  soon  as  they  rose  above  a  slight  knoll. 
It  was  a  noble  spectacle  and  filled  our  hearts  with  pride  for  our  brave 
comrades. ' ' 

The  Brigade  was  subsequently  united  and  marched  out  on  the  road 
to  Chancellorsville.  The  enemy's  occupation  of  Salem  Heights  stop 
ped  our  advance,  and  in  the  battle  which  ensued  we  took  position  in  an 
open  field  to  the  right  of  the  road,  which  was  held  until  the  evening  of 
the  fourth,  when  the  whole  Corps  recrossed  the  Rappahannock  at 
Banks'  Ford  and  returned  to  our  old  camps.  Throughout  this  short 


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campaign  the  conduct  of  the  officers  and  men  of  our  Brigade  was  every 
thing  that  could  be  desired  ;  and  it  was  through  no  fault  of  theirs  or 
any  other  part  of  the  Sixth  Corps,  that  Hooker's  first  campaign  came 
to  such  an  inglorious  end. 

Fredericksburg  and   Chancellorsville  had  so  improved  the  morale 

of  the  rebel  army  which  had  been 
reinforced  by  two  of  Longstreet's 
divisions  from  the  James  River  and 
a  large  number  of  conscripts  from 
Richmond,  that  Lee  determined 
upon  an  invasion  of  the  North. 
This  threw  the  Army  of  the  Poto 
mac  on  the  defensive.  So,  on  the 
1 3th  of  June,  Hooker  broke  up  his 
camp  on  the  Rappahannock  and 
moved  northwards.  The  Sixth 
Corps  had  on  the  6th  of  that  month 
again  crossed  the  river  at  the  Ber 
nard  House,  and  for  a  week  ob 
served  the  movements  of  the  rebels 
who  occupied  the  defences  of 
Fredericksburg  Heights,  but  re- 
crossed  and  followed  the  main 
army  on  the  i4th  by  forced  marches  until  the  vicinity  of  Washington 
was  reached.  The  Potomac  River  was  crossed  at  Edward's  Ferry  on 
the  26th  of  June,  and  the  march  of  the  army  directed  on  Frederick 
City.  About  this  time  differences  arose  between  General  Halleck  at 
Washington,  and  General  Hooker,  in  relation  chiefly  to  the  disposition 
of  the  forces  at  Harper's  Ferry,  and  General  Hooker  asked  to  be  re 
lieved.  General  George  G.  Meade,  then  commanding  the  Fifth  Corps, 
was  immediately  placed  in  command  of  the  army. 

From  Frederick  City  our  Corps  marched  to  Manchester,  which 
would  have  been  the  extreme  right  of  the  army  if  Meade' s  line  of  battle 
had  been  formed  along  Pipe  Creek,  as  some  suppose  he  had  intended. 
But  events  occurred  which  determined  Gettysburg  to  be  the  ground 
upon  which  was  to  be  fought  the  mightiest  and  most  sanguinary  battle 
of  modern  times.  The  operations  of  the  First  and  Eleventh  Corps  on 
Seminary  Ridge,  where  Reynolds  lost  his  life  on  the  ist  of  July, 
were  important,  in  that  they  prevented  the  rebels  from  occupying  the 
favorable  ground  upon  which  our  army  was  subsequently  formed  for 
battle. 

On  the  night  of  the  ist  of  July  our  Corps  was  at  Manchester, 
thirty-six  miles  away.  At  9  o'clock  in  the  evening  we  started  for 
Gettysburg  and  did  not  halt  for  any  length  of  time  until  we  reached 


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Corporal  Co.  G. 


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Rock  Creek,  which  crosses  the  Baltimore  Pike  about  a  mile  from  here. 
There  we  rested  and  made  coffee.  Resuming  the  march  we  moved  on 
to  the  base  of  Little  Round  Top,  where  the  Fifth  Corps  was  stemming 
the  rebel  current  which  had  forced  back  portions  of  the  Third  Corps. 
Two  of  our  brigades  were  immediately  thrown  forward  to  the  relief  of  the 
Fifth  Corps,  while  the  rest  were  placed  in  line  of  reserve.  Before  leav 
ing  Manchester,  our  Division  Commander,  General  Newton,  took  leave 
of  us  and  went  immediately  to  the  front  to  assume  command  of  the 
First  Corps  in  the  place  of  General  Reynolds,  who  had  been  killed  that 
morning,  and  General  Wheaton,  by  virtue  of  his  rank,  assumed  com 
mand  of  the  Division. 

This  march  of  the  Sixth  Corps,  of  thirty-six  miles  in  seventeen 
hours,  on  a  sultry  summer  night  and  morning,  is  probably  the  most 
memorable  one  of  the  war.  When  we  consider  the  load  which  a  soldier 
carries  on  the  march,  even  in  light  marching  order,  the  absence  in  the 
field  of  all  comforts  which  he  enjoyed  at  home,  and  the  peril  to  life  and 
limb  which  constantly  surrounds  him,  we  cannot  but  admire  the  pluck 
and  courage  with  which  he  undertakes  the  most  difficult  and  perilous 
tasks  and  honor  him  for  the  sacrifices  he  makes. 

About  sunrise  on  the  morning  of  the  3d,  our  Brigade  was  ordered 
to  Gulp's  Hill  to  aid  General  Geary,  of  the  Twelfth  Corps,  in  retaking 
the  works  on  the  extreme  right, 
occupied  by  the  enemy  during  the 
previous  night.  The  seriousness 
of  Longstreet's  attack  upon  our 
left  induced  General  Meade  to 
order  reinforcements  from  Gen 
eral  Slocum,  commanding  on  this 
part  of  the  field,  which  necessi 
tated  the  evacuation  of  a  part  of 
the  line  before  established.  These 
works  were  seized  by  the  wily 
enemy,  and  at  daylight  our  troops 
undertook  to  dislodge  him  and 
drive  him  back. 

Upon  reporting  to  General 
Geary,  our  Brigade  was  formed 
in  the  open  field,  just  in  rear  of 
the  line  of  defenses,  in  a  column  of 
battalions  deployed.  After  a  personal  reconnaissance  by  General  Geary 
and  the  Brigade  Commander,  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  New 
York,  Colonel  Titus  commanding,  was  directed  to  relieve  the  One  Hun 
dred  and  Eleventh  Pennsylvania,  then  occupying  a  position  in  the  front 
line.  This  position  they  held  for  two  hours  and  a  half,  under  a  very 


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Co.    H. 


306  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 

severe  fire,  losing  many  in  killed  and  wounded,  and  were  then  relieved 
by  the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  Colonel  Bassett.  At  9.20  A.  M., 
the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Glenn  commanding, 
was  placed  in  position  to  support  the  front  line.  Three  hours  later,  five 
companies  of  this  regiment,  under  a  galling  fire  of  musketry,  were  ad 
vanced  into  the  breastworks,  and,  after  silencing  the  enemy's  fire,  sent 
out  a  line  of  skirmishers,  which,  however,  were  promptly  recalled,  the 
enemy  still  being  in  the  line  of  battle  in  close  proximity  to  our  works. 
At  ii  A.  M. ,  the  Sixty-seventh  New  York,  Colonel  Cross,  marched 


"RIGHT  AND  REAR   OF  LITTLE   ROUND  TOP." 

This  was  the  first  position  of  Shaler's  Brigade  occupied  from  the 
time  of  arrival  on  the  field,  about  2  p.  M.  of  July  2d,  in  support  of 
the  advanced  line  of  the  6th  Corps,  until  the  morning  of  July  3d, 
when  ordered  to  Gulp's  Hill  to  assist  Geary  of  the  i2th  Corps  in 
driving  Johnson's  Confederates  out  of  the  works.  The  view  repre 
sents  to  the  rear  and  left  of  where  General  Sedgwick's  head 
quarters  was  established. 

into  the  breastworks,  from  which  the  enemy  were  then  fleeing,  and 
succeeded  in  capturing  about  twenty  prisoners.  At  11.15  A-  M->  the 
Chasseur  regiment  (Sixty-fifth  New  York),  Colonel  Hamblin,  occupied 
a  position  in  support  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania.  About  3  P.  M. , 
all  of  our  regiments  were  relieved  by  others  belonging  to  the  Twelfth 
Corps. 

Longstreet's  attack  upon  our  left,  and  Swell's  attack  upon   our 
right  had  both  failed;  and  now  a  desperate  attempt  to  pierce  our  cen- 


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tre  was  to  be  made.  As  a  prelude  to  the  grand  assault  of  Pickett's 
Division,  115  pieces  of  artillery  opened  their  murderous  fire  upon  our 
lines,  and  were  responded  to  by  about  80  of  our  own  guns.  With  the 
order  and  steadiness  of  troops  on  parade,  Pickett's  lines  moved  out  in 
view  and  commenced  to  advance  across  the  open  field  to  a  point  just 
south  of  the  Cemetery  grounds  marked  by  a  clump  of  trees.  No 
sooner  was  the  point  of  his  attack  made  manifest,  than  every  available 
Union  battery  was  trained  upon  his  columns.  The  carnage  which  en 
sued  was  terrible  ;  but  on  they  came,  alternately  wavering,  stagger 
ing,  rallying  and  pressing  forward,  until  the  rebel,  General  Armistead, 
found  himself  pierced  by  a  rifle  shot  within  our  own  lines,  followed  by 
a  few  hundred  of  the  most  fortunate  and  courageous  of  his  men  who 
became  prisoners  of  war.  It  was  while  this  was  being  enacted,  that 
our  brigade  was  called  from  this  position  on  the  right,  to  traverse  the 
field  and  report  to  General  Newton,  commanding  the  ist  Corps,  at  the 
left  centre,  near  the  point  of  Pickett's  assault.  After  the  repulse  of 
this  infantry  charge,  the  rebel  batteries  kept  up  a  tantalizing,  but 
irregular  fire;  and  one  of  the  last  shots  fired,  lost  to  the  Twenty-third 
regiment  one  of  its  most  promising  young  officers,  Lieutenant  Garsed. 
A  solid  shot  literally  tore  him  to  pieces.  Before  darkness  had  shrouded 
the  field,  the  roar  of  artillery  and  the  rattling  of  musketry  had  ceased. 
The  great  battle  of  the  war  had  been  fought.  The  stillness  of  the  night 
was  broken  only  by  the  groans  of  the  wounded  and  dying,  and  the 
rumbling  of  ammunition  and  commissary  wagons.  The  losses  in  both 
armies  amounted  to  about  50,000  men,  equal  to  one-third  of  the  whole 
number  engaged. 

The  rebel  army  was  now  compelled  to  abandon  all  the  hopes  which 
its  scheme  of  invasion  had  inspired  ;  and  bitter  as  the  alternative  was, 
its  retreat  was  imperative.  So,  after  spending  the  fourth  day  in  bury 
ing  the  dead  and  caring  for  the  wounded,  it  silently  and  sullenly  retired 
from  our  front  on  the  morning  of  the  fifth,  and  the  Sixth  Corps  was 
sent  out  on  the  Fairfield  road  in  pursuit.  Lee's  rear  guard  was  over 
taken  in  a  pass  of  the  South  Mountain  range,  but  was  not  pursued 
beyond  it,  General  Meade  having  determined  to  keep  his  army  on  the 
east  side  of  that  range.  It  crossed  the  Potomac  at  Harper's  Ferry  and 
Berlin,  July  iyth  and  i8th,  and  moved  along  the  east  of  Blue  Ridge, 
while  Lee  retreated  up  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  west  of  Blue  Ridge, 
and  finally  encamped  in  the  vicinity  of  Culpeper  Court  House.  The 
Army  of  the  Potomac  went  into  camp  about  Warrenton,  Virginia. 

In  an  address  which  I  had  the  honor  of  delivering  upon  these 
grounds,  two  years  ago,  on  the  occasion  of  the  unveiling  of  the  monu 
ment  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  regiment,  I  took  occasion  to 
refer  to  an  injustice  which  had  been  unintentionally  done  us,  in  the  report 
of  the  battle  by  the  Army  Commander.  As  the  remarks  I  then  made 


808  HISTORY   OF  THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


in  reference  to  the  Twenty-third  Regiment  are  applicable  to  each  and  all 
the  regiments  of  our  Brigade,  I  quote  them  verbatim.  After  speaking 
a  word  of  praise  in  behalf  of  General  Doubleday,  of  the  First  Corps, 
and  General  Sickles,  of  the  Third  Corps,  for  the  services  they  rendered 
on  the  first  and  second  days  respectively,  I  say,  ' '  And  while  claiming 
this  special  recognition  for  them,  I  have  a  less  pleasing,  but  to  you  a 
more  important  duty  to  perform,  and  that  is,  to  demand  an  official 
recognition  of  the  services,  in  this  battle,  of  the  Brigade  to  which  you 
were  attached.  The  student  who  in  future  years  peruses  the  official 
reports  and  records  in  the  War  Department,  will  there  find  recorded, 


"GULP'S  HILL." 

This  was  the  second  position  of  Shaler's  Brigade.  On  its  arrival  here 
General  Geary  of  the  i2th  Corps  placed  it  in  the  ravine  immediately  in 
rear  of  this  position.  During  the  morning  the  regiments  of  the  brigade 
were  engaged  in  the  breastworks,  which  will  be  observed  running 
along  just  below  the  brow  of  the  hill  towards  a  large  boulder  in  the 
works.  It  remained  here  as  relieving  regiments,  until  ordered  to  left 
centre,  in  support  of  ist  Corps  during  repulse  of  Pickett's  charge. 

over  the  signature  of  the  commander  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
that  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  Wheaton's  Brigade  was  ordered  to 
the  right,  to  aid  in  driving  back  the  enemy  and  in  retaking  the  works. 
In  other  words  the  troops  of  Wheaton's  Brigade  were  credited,  in 
the  official  report  of  the  battle,  with  the  service  performed  by  your 
Brigade.  Upon  learning  of  this  error,  I  spoke  to  General  Meade 
about  it,  at  an  army  reunion,  held  in  Boston  nine  years  after  the  battle, 
and  he  promised  to  have  his  report  corrected.  I  spoke  also  to 
General  Wheaton  of  the  credit  he  had  received  at  another's  expense, 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  309 


and  of  the  injustice  done  the  regiments  of  the  First  Brigade.  He 
promised  that  he  would  write  to  General  Meade  upon  the  subject,  but 
I  am  not  informed  that  either  of  the  promises  were  fulfilled.  As  our 
great  lamented  President  (Lincoln)  said,  in  commenting  upon  the 
battle,  '  There  was  glory  enough  for  all. '  No  excuse,  therefore,  can 
be  given  for  withholding  from  any  of  the  troops  engaged  the  full 
measure  of  credit  due  them,  much  less  should  one  organization  be 
glorified  at  the  expense  of  another.  In  justice  to  the  memory  of  those 
brave  men  whose  heroic  services  you  this  day  commemorate,  and  in 
justice  to  you  who  have  been  permitted  to  survive  them,  and  to  per 
form  this  act  of  soldierly  love  and  friendship,  I  protest  against  the 
wrong  which  has  been  done.  I  may  be  answered  that  it  matters  little, 
so  far  as  the  Brigade  is  concerned,  since  the  survivors  have  erected 
tablets  upon  one  of  the  grounds  they  occupied  in  this  battle.  Is  it  of 
no  consequence  to  the  relatives  and  friends  of  those  who  have  died 
for  their  country,  to  their  comrades  who  have  survived  them,  to  the 
officers  who  commanded  them,  that  the  official  reports  are  silent  as  to 
the  services  of  the  organization  with  which  they  fought  and  died  ? 
Nay,  more  ;  that  such  reports  should  actually  give  to  another  organiza 
tion  credit  for  services  which  cost  them  so  many  lives  ?  For  years 
and  perhaps  ages  to  come,  the  archives  of  the  war  will  be  perused 
and  studied  by  historians  and  military  students  in  search  of  material 
with  which  to  compile  history  or  solve  military  problems  ;  and  must  it 
be  said  to  them,  that  the  records  are  unreliable — that  to  ascertain  the 
services  of  any  particular  organization  of  the  army,  a  visit  must  be 
made  to  the  battle-fields,  and  the  monuments  and  tablets  consulted  ? 
Such  a  confession  would  be  humiliating,  but  it  must  be  made,  so  far  as 
it  relates  to  the  services  of  the  First  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Sixth 
Corps,  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  And,  if  I  am  correctly  informed, 
in  reference  to  other  organizations  also.  A  greater  value  attaches, 
therefore,  to  the  testimonials  you  this  day  dedicate,  than  you  probably 
anticipated,  for  it  corrects  the  record  ;  more  than  that,  it  stands  alone 
as  the  only  record  accessible  to  all,  that  our  Brigade  fought  and  suf 
fered  in  this  part  of  the  field  in  the  greatest  battle  of  the  war. ' ' 

On  the  yth  of  November  following,  an  advance  movement  was 
ordered,  and  the  right  wing  of  the  army,  composed  of  the  Fifth  and 
Sixth  Corps,  under  the  command  of  General  Sedgwick,  was  moved  to 
a  point  on  the  river  called  Rappahannock  Station,  at  which  point  the 
enemy  occupied  a  series  of  earthworks  on  the  north  side  of  the  river, 
consisting  of  two  or  three  redoubts  and  a  long  line  of  rifle-pits  or 
trenches.  The  approach  to  these  works  was  over  an  open  field,  which 
could  be  swept  by  the  enemy's  guns  for  a  considerable  distance  in 
every  direction  ;  and  as  the  head  of  our  columns  debouched  from  the 
woods  to  deploy  in  line  of  battle,  they  furnished  a  splendid  target  for 


310  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 

the  rebel  gunners'  practice.  The  scene  was  grand  beyond  descrip 
tion.  When  the  speaker  entered  the  open  field,  the  Fifth  and  part  of 
the  Sixth  Corps  were  already  in  line  of  battle,  with  flags  flying  and 
bayonets  glistening  in  the  sunlight  of  a  beautiful  autumn  day,  having 
the  appearance  of  troops  on  dress  parade  rather  than  formed  for 
deadly  conflict.  Like  Humphreys'  tactical  movements  of  his  Division 
on  the  field  of  Gettysburg,  our  Brigade  was  closed  up,  and  without 
halting  advanced  and  deployed  in  the  position  assigned  it,  having  only 
the  sound  of  the  enemy's  guns  to  keep  step  with.  Without  delay  our 
Brigade  was  ordered  to  drive  in  the  rebel  sharpshooters  and  secure 
the  possession  of  a  knoll  on  the  right  and  front,  for  the  occupation  of 


"REAR  OF  LEFT  CENTRE." 

This  was  the  third  position  of  Shaler's  Brigade.  On  the  ridge  in 
the  distance  were  the  lines  of  the  ist  Corps,  the  brigade  arriving 
about  the  time  of  the  repulse  of  Pickett's  charge,  and  went  into  posi 
tion  in  the  field  beyond  the  Taneytown  Road,  to  the  left  of  Meade's 
Headquarters,  where  it  remained  until  the  morning  of  the  5th,  when 
moved  off  with  the  6th  Corps  in  pursuit  of  Lee. 

a  battery.  This  was  quickly  done,  and  soon  after  the  battery  was 
established,  a  column  of  attack  was  formed  from  the  Sixth  Corps  and 
put  in  command  of  General  Russell.  Colonel  Upton  led  the  column 
with  his  regiment,  and  made  one  of  the  most  brilliant  and  successful 
charges  ever  made  upon  any  field.  He  not  only  captured  the  whole 
line  of  works,  but  with  it,  some  sixteen  hundred  prisoners,  six  battle- 
flags,  and  many  pieces  of  artillery  and  small  arms.  His  attacking 
column  numbered  only  fifteen  hundred.  The  services  of  our  Brigade 
as  well  as  those  of  Upton's  troops,  were  made  the  subject  of  a  com 
plimentary  order  from  Corps  Headquarters. 


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The  next  move  of  importance  was  Meade's  effort  to  interpose 
his  army  between  the  two  wings  of  Lee's  army,  and  for  that  purpose 
directed  the  various  Corps  to  cross  the  Rapidan  at  different  points,  the 
Sixth  at  Jacob's  Mill  ford,  which  they  did  on  the  27th  of  November. 
Our  Division  was  ordered  to  report  to  General  Warren,  to  aid  him  in 
outflanking,  if  possible,  the  enemy's  right. 

Sunday,  November  29th,  found  us  in  what  was  then  considered 
a  favorable  position  from  which  to  attack,  and  orders  were  issued  for 
Warren  to  do  so  at  8  o'clock  next  morning.  But  when  morning  came 
things  were  changed.  Lee  had  entrenched  himself  in  our  front  and 
planted  batteries  on  our  left.  The  flankers  were  outflanked,  and 
Warren's  heart  failed  him.  As  he  told  the  speaker  afterwards  "he 
had  not  the  courage  to  attack."  But  he  had  the  courage  to 
sacrifice  himself  rather  than  his  men.  He  assumed  the  responsibility 
of  suspending  the  attack,  and  General  Meade  subsequently  justified 
him.  Thus  ended  the  brief  winter  campaign  of  Mine  Run,  and  we 
returned  to  our  old  camps. 

During  December,  1863,  while  in  camp  at  Brandy  Station,  the 
government  called  upon  the  three  year  men,  two  years  of  service 
having  expired,  to  re-enlist  for  three  years  from  that  date  or  the  war. 
This  call  was  responded  to  by  the  men  of  our  regiments,  with  remark 
able  unanimity  and  promptitude,  nearly  two-thirds  in  the  aggregate, 
voluntarily  offering  to  continue  their  services  until  the  last  rebel  laid 
down  his  arms. 

In  January,  1864,  our  Brigade  was  ordered  to  Sandusky,  Ohio, 
to  prevent  an  anticipated  attempt  to  liberate  the  rebel  officers  confined 
on  Johnson's  Island,  Sandusky  Bay,  and  remained  there  until  the  i2th 
of  April,  1864,  when  Brigade  Headquarters  and  three  regiments  (the 
65th,  6yth  and  i22d  New  York)  proceeded  to  rejoin  the  army  at 
Brandy  Station.  During  our  absence  from  the  army,  the  old  3d  Divi 
sion  was  disbanded,  and  we  were  assigned  to  the  ist  Division  com 
manded  by  General  H.  G.  Wright,  constituting  the  4th  Brigade  of 
that  Division. 

Grant's  overland  campaign  to  Richmond  began  at  midnight,  the 
jd  of  May.  Our  Brigade,  or  rather  the  three  regiments  of  it  in  camp 
crossed  the  Rapidan  on  the  4th,  in  charge  of  an  ammunition  train 
which  was  parked  a  short  distance  in  rear  of  the  line  of  battle  formed 
by  the  5th  and  6th  Corps  in  the  Wilderness,  and  at  midnight  on  the  5th, 
moved  forward  and  reported  to  our  Division  Commander.  He  assigned 
us  to  a  position  on  the  extreme  right  in  support  of  General  Seymour, 
who  commanded  the  troops  at  that  point.  An  advance  of  the  line 
about  8  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  the  6th,  so  shortened  it  that  in 
order  to  retain  possession  of  a  prominence  on  our  flank,  our  regiments 
had  to  be  placed  in  the  front  line,  thus  presenting  to  the  enemy  a 


312  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


single  attenuated  line  where  a  strong,  well  supported  one  should  have 
been.  Early  in  the  day  we  were  called  upon  to  send  a  regiment  a 
little  to  the  left,  to  the  aid  of  General  Neill's  Brigade  which  was  being 
hard  pressed. 

The  6yth  New  York  was  sent  in,  and  returned  in  about  an  hour, 
having  lost  about  100  men  in  that  short  time.  Much  anxiety  was  felt 
throughout  the  day  for  the  safety  of  this  flank  which  was  practically  in 
the  air,  guarded  only  by  a  skirmish  line  thrown  around  to  the  rear, 
and  subsequent  events  justified  that  anxiety.  The  attention  of  Corps 
Headquarters  was  repeatedly  called  to  its  weakness,  but  for  reasons 
unknown  to  the  speaker  no  troops  were  sent  to  us,  and  it  was  an  easy  mat 
ter,  therefore,  when  a  Brigade  of  Ewell's  Corps  under  General  Gordon 
about  6  o'clock  in  the  evening,  drove  in  our  skirmishers,  to  double  up 
our  single  line  of  infantry.  A  few  officers  and  men  of  each  of  our  three 
regiments  were  captured,  and  many  killed  and  wounded.  The  able 
bodied  who  escaped  capture,  reformed  a  line  along  the  wood  road, 
which  crossed  our  line  of  battle  perpendicularly,  a  few  yards  to  the  left. 

The  Brigade  Commander  in  reconnoitering  on  the  borders  of  this 
road,  with  more  zeal  than  caution,  rode  into  the  enemy's  lines  and  was 
captured.  This  terminated  his  services  with  the  Brigade  in  which  he 
had  served  since  the  organization  of  the  army,  and  to  which  he  had 
become  dearly  attached.  The  command  of  the  Brigade  devolved  upon 
Colonel  Nelson  Cross,  of  the  6yth  New  York. 

In  the  successful  assaults  at  Spottsylvania  and  Cold  Harbor,  and 
the  defense  of  North  Anna,  which  followed  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness, 
its  reputation  was  fully  sustained.  Throughout  the  trials  encountered 
in  the  change  of  base  to  the  South  side  of  the  James,  and  the  besieging 
of  Petersburg,  its  patience  and  its  power  of  endurance  was  manifest  ; 
and  when  a  detached  column  under  General  Early,  early  in  July,  again 
threatened  the  National  Capitol,  the  confidence  of  the  Army  Com 
mander  in  its  prowess,  and  its  devotion  to  the  cause,  secured  the  trans 
fer  of  the  Sixth  Corps  to  the  point  of  danger.  The  old  residents  of 
Washington  will  never  forget  with  what  celerity  the  rebel  General  was 
made  to  retire  from  the  front  of  the  Capitol  and  subsequently  beat  an 
inglorious  retreat  up  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  before  the  war-scarred 
veterans  of  the  Sixth  Corps,  which  by  the  celerity  of  its  movements, 
had  become  known  as  Sedgwick's  Cavalry. 

After  this  short  campaign  we  find  the  Brigade  back  again  among 
its  veteran  comrades  of  the  army,  hammering  away  at  the  defenses  of 
Petersburg,  until  on  Sunday  morning,  April  2d,  the  final  charge  upon 
the  works  is  made.  The  signal  success  of  the  Sixth  Corps  in  this 
charge,  not  only  carrying  the  line  of  defense  in  their  front,  but  sweep 
ing  to  the  left  and  capturing  a  long  line,  thousands  of  prisoners  and 
many  guns,  and  subsequently  turning  to  the  right  again,  driving  every- 


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thing  before  it,  until  the  enemy  was  encircled  within  their  last  cordon 
of  defenses,  was  the  first  of  the  series  of  staggering  blows  which  ulti 
mately  determined  the  fate  of  the  Confederacy.  The  parallel  race  with 
Lee's  army,  which  soon  followed,  gave  another  proof  of  its  marching 
qualities.  But  it  was  at  Sailor's  Creek  a  few  days  later,  where  the  for 
tunes  of  war  gave  to  the  Sixth  Corps  the  final  opportunity  to  make  still 
more  brilliant  its  record  by  crushing  forever  and  utterly  destroying 
its  ancient  antagonist.  It  is  not  a  little  remarkable,  but  the  fact  is 
without  dispute,  that  the  Sixth  Corps  was  confronted,  in  its  four  years 
of  battling,  oftener  by  Swell's  Corps  than  by  any  other  in  the  rebel 
army.  There  seemed,  therefore,  a  Providential  dispensation  in  the  cir 
cumstances  which  placed  it  in  the  power  of  the  Sixth  Corps  at  Sailor's 
Creek,  Virginia,  on  the  6th  of  April,  1865,  to  compel  General  Ewell 
and  all  that  remained  of  his  Corps,  to  lay  down  their  arms  and  become 
prisoners  of  war.  The  crowning  glory  of  a  brilliant  record. 

During  the  period  of  its  services,  the  integrity  of  our  brigade  was 
preserved  from  beginning  to  end.  While,  by  reorganizations  of  the 
army,  and  the  necessities  of  the  service,  whole  corps  and  divisions  were 
broken  up  and  disbanded,  our  brigade  organization  continued  intact. 
Regiments  were  added  to  it  and  taken  from  it,  indeed,  to  such  an  extent 
that  but  one  of  the  original  regiments  retained  its  identity  in  the  brigade, 
until  the  disbandment  of  the  corps  and  final  muster  out.  The  Twen 
ty-third  Pennsylvania  was  mustered  out  at  the  close  of  the  Valley  cam 
paign,  its  re-enlisted  men  being  transferred  to  the  Eighty-second  regi 
ment.  The  Thirty-first  Pennsylvania  became  the  Eighty-second  Penn 
sylvania.  The  Sixty-seventh  New  York  was  mustered  out  at  the  end 
of  three  years,  and  the  re-enlisted  men  were  transferred  to  the  Sixty- 
fifth  New  York.  The  One-hundred-and-twenty-second  New  York  was 
not  an  original  member,  but  joined  in  the  Summer  of  1862,  and  was 
transferred  to  Bidwell's  Brigade  of  the  Second  Division,  Sixth  Corps, 
in  the  Summer  of  1864.  The  Sixty-first  Pennsylvania  was  taken  to 
make  up  a  Light  Brigade,  and  never  returned  to  us.  The  Sixty-fifth 
New  York  (First  United  States  Chasseurs,  as  it  was  called),  was,  there 
fore,  the  only  one  of  all  the  original  members,  which  retained  its  identity 
through  four  long  years  of  war,  and  until  final  disbandment  of  the 
army  and  muster  out.  It  is  said  that  this  was  the  last  regiment  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac  mustered  out. 

Upon  the  muster  out  of  the  Sixty-seventh  New  York,  Colonel 
Cross  retired  from  the  service,  and  the  command  of  the  brigade  devolved 
upon  Colonel  Joe.  E.  Hamblin,  of  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York,  than  whom 
a  more  gallant  and  faithful  officer  could  not  be  found  in  the  service. 

In  this  hastily  prepared  and  imperfect  record  of  the  services  of  our 
brigade,  it  may  be  considered  not  improper  to  speak  of  the  qualities  of 
some  of  the  Colonels  of  the  regiments  which  composed  it.  It  is  a  mat- 


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ter  of  historical  record,  which  may  be  alluded  to  here,  without  dispar 
agement  to  others.  Most  of  them  showed  a  capacity  and  talent  for 
military  service  which  sooner  or  later,  secured  for  them  deserved  pro 
motion.  Colonel  David  B.  Birney,  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania 
was  made  a  Brigadier-General  and  Major-General  of  Volunteers. 
Colonel  Thomas  H.  Neill,  of  the  same  regiment,  was  made  Brigadier- 
General  and  Brevet  Major-General.  Colonel  John  Ely,  also  of  the 
same  regiment,  was  made  a  Brigadier-General.  Colonel  Nelson  Cross, 
of  the  Sixty-seventh  New  York,  was  made  a  Brigadier- General  and 
Brevet  Major-General.  Colonel  John  Cochrane,  of  the  Sixty-fifth 
New  York,  was  made  a  Brigadier-General.  Colonel  Alexander  Shaler 
and  Colonel  Joe.  E.  Hamblin,  of  the  same  regiment,  were  both  made 
Brigadier-Generals  and  Brevet  Major- Generals  of  Volunteers. 

Having  through  the  fortunes  of  war  been  separated  from  the 
brigade  during  the  last  year  of  its  service,  a  period  in  which  pro 
motions  would  be  most  likely  to  occur,  I  have  referred  to  those  only 
of  which  I  have  personal  knowledge.  No  brigade  in  the  army  was 
more  fortunate  in  the  quality  of  its  officers  ;  and,  very  many,  too 
many  to  refer  to  here  by  name,  were  for  their  superior  talent  and 
ability  ;  for  their  gallant  conduct,  and  for  long  faithful  services,  pro 
moted  to  higher  grades,  detailed  to  staff  duty,  and  assigned  to  other 
special  and  honorable  service. 

The  case  of  Lieutenant- Colonel  Dwight,  of  the  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-second  New  York,  was  one  of  unrewarded  merit.  He  gal 
lantly  commanded  the  regiment  in  nearly  all  its  battles,  and  until  it 
was  reduced  below  the  number  for  which  a  Colonel  could  be  mustered; 
and  was  finally  killed  in  front  of  Petersburg,  without  having  received 
the  promotion  which  he  had  repeatedly  earned  and  was  justly  entitled  to. 

The  brigade  was  equally  fortunate  in  the  composition  of  its  Staff, 
Captain  William  P.  Roome,  Assistant  Adjutant-General  ;  Captain 
Samuel  Truesdell,  Assistant  Inspector-General;  Major  George  W. 
Ford,  Assistant  Quartermaster,  and  Captain  Nat.  Ellmaker,  Assistant 
Commissary  of  Subsistence,  were  all  officers  of  the  highest  qualities, 
possessing  especial  fitness  for  their  respective  positions.  They  served 
throughout  with  unsurpassed  zeal  and  faithfulness,  and  retired  honored 
and  respected  by  all  with  whom  they  had  intercourse. 

To  commemorate  the  services  of  this  noble  body  of  men  upon  this 
field  of  battle,  and  to  dedicate  memorials  to  their  fallen  comrades,  we 
have  met  to-day.  In  looking  back,  visions  pass  before  us  like  a  dream. 
We  see  the  demon  of  war  with  haughty  mien  uplift  his  arm  to  assail 
our  national  existence.  Rebellious  hordes  are  marshalled  for  unholy 
conquest.  With  rapid  strides  and  swift  approaches  the  swelling  ranks 
besiege  our  capitol.  Indignant  loyalty  with  glaring  astonishment  nerves 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  315 


herself  for  defense.     Liberty    is  fettered,    and  affrighted  peace   seeks 
safety  in  flight. 

To  arms  !  to  arms  !  the  people  cry, 
The  danger  to  our  Capitol  is  nigh. 

With  sentiment  akin  to  filial  love,  the  masses  with  one  accord 
uprise  and  bid  defiance.  The  conflict  rages.  Death,  devastation  and 
destruction  revel.  Gloom  and  sorrow  prevail.  Portentous  clouds  of 
darkness  envelop  us.  Evil  spirits,  with  hellish  intent,  pursue  unchal 
lenged  their  damnable  ways.  The  angels  mourn,  and  all  nature  in 
darkness  weeps.  But  see,  a  silver  lining  appears.  Peering  with  hope 
ful  aspect,  Peace,  with  olive  branch  extended,  seeks  audience.  In  the 
distance  seething  masses  of  armed  men  struggle  for  mastery.  With 
diminished  force  rebellion  aims  her  blows,  and  finally  sinks  to  rise  no 
more.  Victory  perches  on  Loyalty's  crest.  Homeward  turns  the 
Spartan  band,  heroes  all  !  Halos  of  glory  illumine  the  sky.  Loved 
ones  meet  in  joyous  ecstasy.  Liberty  and  peace  have  resumed  their 
places.  The  dream  has  passed  ;  but  stern  reality  bids  us  inquire,  where 
is  father,  brother  and  son.  In  yonder  graves  they  lie,  victims  of  disloy 
alty;  and  martyrs  for  their  country.  Let  us  keep  their  memories  green, 
and  each  recurring  year  cover  them  with  immortelles,  and  sweet- 
scented  flowers.  And  let  us  not  forget  the  living  heroes.  Let  us  re 
member  that  to  them  we  are  indebted  for  the  blessings  of  peace  and 
prosperity  which  our  re-united  country  now  enjoys.  Let  us  remember 
that  the  "stars  on  our  banner  grew  suddenly  dim  ;"  and  that  it  was  the 
private  soldier  who  restored  to  them  their  lustre,  and  palsied  the  hand 
which  attempted  their  obliteration.  While  our  children  are  taught  to 
revere  that  emblem  of  unity  and  strength,  let  them  also  be  taught 
the  danger  of  assailing  it.  Teach  them  to  honor  its  defenders  ;  and 
if  in  after  time  it  should  again  be  threatened,  let  them  emulate  the 
patriotic  example  set  by  their  fathers  on  this  hallowed  spot. 

The  band  then  played  the  following  national  anthem  which  was 
the  first  rendition  of  this  afterwards  popular  song. 


316  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


GUARD  THE  FLAG. 

NEW    NATIONAL    SONG. 

This  song  is  sung  in  the  Public  Schools  everywhere,  and  at 
School-house  flag-raisings  ;  it  is  also  played  by  the  bands  of  the  U.  S. 
Army  and  Navy. 

WORDS  AND  Music  BY  GEO.  M.  VICKERS. 

(Published  with  Compliments  of  the  Author.) 

Guard  the  flag,  Guard  the  flag  of  our  native  land, 

Guard  the  flag  of  liberty  ; 
Guard  well  the  flag  with  heart  and  hand  ; 

God  save  the  banner  of  the  free  ! 

Sons  of  the  nation,  hold  it  aloft, 

Bravely  its  foes  defy  ; 
Our  beautiful  flag,  the  hope  of  the  world, 

Ever  shall  wave  on  high  ! 

CHORUS. 

Guard  the  flag,  Guard  the  flag  of  our  native  land, 

Guard  the  flag  of  liberty  ; 

Guard  the  flag,  Guard  the  flag  of  our  native  land, 

Guard  the  flag  of  liberty  ; 

Guard  well  the  flag  with  heart  and  hand  ; 

God  save  the  banner  of  the  free! 

Guard  the  flag,  Guard  the  flag  that  our  fathers  bore  ; 

Let  its  pride  our  glory  be  ; 
Oh,  let  it  wave  o'er  sea  and  shore, 

The  starry  emblem  of  the  free  ! 

Though  'neath  it  marching  onward  to  war, 

Though  'neath  its  folds  in  peace, 
Our  motto  shall  be  to  still  guard  the  flag, 

Never  our  vigil  cease  ! 


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Reunion  of  SHaler's  Brigade,  Gettysburg. 


"THe  Inspiration." 

DURING  the  dedication  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers'  Tablet  at  Gettysburg,  in  August,  1886,  Gen 
eral  Alexander  Shaler,  who  had  the  honor  to  command  the 
First  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Sixth  Army  Corps,  in  said 
action — who  was  present  on  this  occasion  as  the  orator  of  the 
day — expressed  a  wish  that  the  regiments  of  the  old  brigade 
should  be  reorganized  for  the  purpose  of  dedicating  their 
monuments  and  for  a  Reunion  on  the  field  at  Gettysburg. 

In  compliance  with  this  wish  a  letter  was  prepared,  setting 
forth  the  object,  and  mailed  to  each  of  its  commands,  request 
ing  that  each  Regimental  Association  elect  a  representative  to 
serve  as  a  Brigade  Committee. 

On  August  i,  1887,  the  following  comrades  having  been 
selected  : — General  Alexander  Shaler,  representing  Headquar 
ters;  Colonel  Samuel  Truesdell,  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York,  "  The 
Chasseurs;"  James  N.  Mills,  Sixty-seventh  New  York,  "The 
First  Long  Island;"  Captain  Robert  H.  Moses,  the  One-hun- 
dred-and-twenty-second  New  York ;  Lieutenant-Colonel  John 
M.  Wetherill,  of  Pottsville,  the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  and 
William  J.  Wray,  of  Philadelphia,  the  Twenty-third  Pennsyl 
vania,  "  Birney's  Zouaves,"  met  at  the  office  of  Colonel  Trues 
dell,  New  York  City,  and  organized  Shaler's  Brigade  Associa 
tion,  Survivors  of  the  Sixth  Army  Corps,  by  the  selection  of 
General  Alexander  Shaler  as  President,  William  J.  Wray  as 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  with  General  Nelson  Cross,  Sixty- 
seventh  New  York  Volunteers,  Lieutenant-Colonel  John  M. 
Wetherill,  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  Colonel 
Silas  Titus,  One-hundred-and-twenty-second  New  York  Vol 
unteers,  Colonel  John  F.  Glenn,  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Henry  G.  Healy,  Sixty-fifth 
New  York  Volunteers,  Colonel  William  P.  Roome,  Headquar 
ters  Staff,  as  Vice-Presidents.  Selected  June  12,  13,  14,  1888, 
for  Dedication  of  Monuments  and  Reunion  of  the  Brigade,  at 
Gulp's  Hill,  Gettysburg,  requesting  each  Regimental  Associa 
tion  to  arrange  an  excursion  from  their  respective  headquar 
ters  for  their  survivors  and  friends. 


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HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


About  January,  1888,  the  Sixty- seventh  New  York  Volun 
teer  Association  changed  the  date  of  their  dedication  to  July 
i,  2,  3,  1888.  With  the  other  organizations  of  the  Brigade,  the 
work  progressed  favorably;  and  at  the  Brigade  Committee 
meeting,  May  9th,  in  New  York  City,  the  final  details  were 
formulated,  and  the  Secretary  instructed^to  issue  the  following 
circular  letter : — 

THe    ErXcrursion. 

THE  One-hundred-and-twenty-second  New   York,  having 
the  longer  distance  to  travel,  added  one  more  day  to  the 
trip,  leaving  Syracuse  on  Monday  afternoon,  June   nth,   with 
three    coaches    filled    with   their  survivors,  ladies  and  friends. 

On  reaching  Canandaigua  a 
sleeper  was  attached  to  their 
train,  the  railroad  company 
showing  them  every  atten 
tion,  making  them  as  com 
fortable  as  possible  for  their 
long  journey.  After  a  most 
pleasant  ride,  during  which 
old  associations  were  revived 
and  renewed,  they  reached 
Gettysburg  about  7  A.  M.  of 
the  first  day,  just  in  time  to 
sit  down  to  breakfast  at  their 
headquarters — the  Globe  Inn. 
As  the  balance  of  the  Brigade 
were  not  expected  to  arrive 
before  noon,  individually  and 
in  squads  they  started  off 
sight-seeing,  the  point  of  attraction  being  Culp's  Hill,  the  scene 
where  the  Brigade  went  in  on  the  third  day  of  the  action. 
After  dinner,  with  the  Brigade  Band  — the  G.  A.  R.  Band  of 
Gettysburg— they  marched  to  the  depot  to  escort  the  other 
regiments  of  the  Brigade,  who  came  by  way  of  Philadelphia. 

The  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  Eighty-second  Pennsyl 
vania,  Sixty-fifth  New  York,  Headquarters  and  detachment  of 
the  One-hundred-and-twenty-second,  left  Philadelphia  on  a 
special  train  from  Broad  Street  Station,  7.40  A.  M.,  Tuesday, 
June  1 2th,  with  eight  carloads  of  their  survivors,  ladies  and 


SAMUEL   WEEKS, 
Corporal  Co.  C. 


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friends,  and  two  combination  cars,  one  loaded  with  commissary 
supplies,  the  other  used  as  a  lunch-room.  The  train  was  gaily 
decorated,  while  along  the  sides  of  the  cars  were  long  canvas 
streamers  containing  the  regimental  designations. 

The  run  was  a  most  delightful  one,  through  the  thriving 
valleys  of  Lancaster  and  Cumberland,  across  the  South  Moun 
tain.  On  reaching  Harrisburg  another  car  was  coupled  to  the 
train,  with  the  Allegheny  contingent  and  squads  from  Marietta, 
York,  Columbia  and  the  National  Capitol. 

To  make  it  the  more  social  and  enjoyable,  lunch,  cigars,  etc., 
were  being  passed  continuously  along  the  lines  by  the  Com 
missary  Committee  of  the  Twenty-third,  who  tried  their  level 
best  to  make  everybody  feel  at  home.  Reaching  Gettysburg 
about  i  P.  M.  they  found  the  One-hundred-and-twenty- 
second  New  York,  with  their  friends,  drawn  up  in  line,  under 
the  command  of  Colonel  Silas  Titus.  After  the  customary 
salutations,  with  gripsacks  in  hand,  they  were  escorted  to  their 
respective  headquarters. 

The  coming  together  at  the  stations  on  the  morning  of 
departure,  the  journey  on  the  trains  and  the  joining  of  the 
contingents  from  Syracuse  and  Philadelphia  at  Gettysburg, 
made  up  of  the  survivors  and  friends  of  the  Brigade,  was  the 
renewal  of  old  and  beginning  of  new  found  friends,  soon  be 
coming  so  well  acquainted  that  they  appeared  as  one  large 
happy  family. 

The  Brigade  Committee  very  wisely  arranged  no  part  of 
the  programme  for  the  afternoon  of  the  day  of  arrival,  as  the 
ambition  of  everyone,  especially  on  their  first  visit  to  the  old 
burg,  is  to  strike  out  on  their  own  hook  after  dinner.  So  the 
afternoon  was  enjoyed  in  individual  visits  to  the  field,  calls  at 
the  regimental  headquarters,  and  the  many  points  of  attraction 
and  interest  around  the  battle-scarred  town.  The  crowds  of 
Gettysburg  people  at  the  station,  on  our  arrival,  and  their  calls 
at  the  hotels  to  have  a  hand  shake,  was  a  quiet  manifestation 
of  their  welcome,  which  was  fully  appreciated  by  the  visitors. 


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Camp-Fire. 

ON  the  evening  of  our  arrival,  Tuesday,  June  I2th,  all  assem 
bled  730  P.  M.  at  Brigade  Headquarters,  and  marched  to 
the  Court  House,  which  had  been  kindly  tendered  by  the  town 
authorities.     The    front    part   of    the    spacious    room    being 
reserved  for  the   brigade  veterans,  ladies  and  friends.     Soon 

i the   building  was  packed,  not 

even  standing  room  was  left. 
Some  300  ladies  were  present 
to  grace  the  occasion  ;  and  at 
8  P.  M.,  Comrade  William  J. 
Wray,  Twenty-third  Pennsyl 
vania,  of  Philadelphia,  who  had 
been  detailed  as  Master  of 
Ceremonies,  opened  one  of  the 
happiest,  enthusiastic,  and  en 
joyable  Camp-fires  possible. 

The  Chair,  after  returning 
thanks  and  congratulations 
upon  the  large  attendance  of 
the  brigade  and  townspeople, 
stated  that  while  they  had 
printed  programmes  for  all 
other  of  the  Reunion  Proceedings — Camp-fires  were  im 
promptu  affairs,  and  he  was  glad  to  announce  of  seeing  enough 
talent  present  to  keep  the  fire  burning  until  after  24  o'clock  ; 
but  would  try  to  maintain  the  good  name  of  the  brigade  with 
closing  the  exercises  at  a  seasonable  hour,  trusting  those 
called  upon  would  make  their  replies  brief  and  interesting. 
That  he  was  proud  and  glad  to  announce  that  among  the 
distinguished  officers  of  the  brigade  present,  who  honored  the 
occasion,  not  only  by  his  presence,  but  that  of  his  entire  family, 
was  the  General  whom  we  all  honored  and  loved,  who  com 
manded  the  brigade  in  the  action  at  Gettysburg,  and  was  now 
the  President  of  the  Brigade  Association,  and  it  gave  him 
great  pleasure  to  introduce  General  Alexander  Shaler.  The 
General  came  to  the  front  amid  a  perfect  ovation,  lasting 
several  minutes.  After  returning  his  thanks  for  the  warm  and 
enthusiastic  reception,  in  most  feeling  words,  expressed  his 
gratification  of  the  assured  successful  Reunion,  by  the  pres- 


FREDERICK   P.  SIMON, 
Sergeant  Co.  K. 


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ence  of  so  many  brigade  veterans  with  their  ladies  and  friends, 
and  on  behalf  of  the  Brigade  Association,  warmly  thanked 
the  people  of  Gettysburg  for  their  attendance. 

Professor  Frank  Jay,  the  colored  member  of  the  Twenty- 
third  Commissary  Department,  was  then  stood  up,  and  made 
the  old  Court  House  ring  with  mirth  by  his  "  Kersand"  comi 
calities.  He  tried  to  get  away  with  but  one  comic  song,  but 
the  audience  wouldn't  have  it ;  so  he  kept  them  laughing 
while  he  told  all  about  the  Kangaroo  Garden,  at  Kalamazoo. 

Then  Captain  Robert  W.  Patrick,  of  the  Eighty-second 
Pennsylvania,  rendered  the  following  poem,  which  he  had 
composed  while  enroute  on  the  train. 

"SHaler's  Brigade  at  Gettysburg'." 

Brave  Comrades  we  have  met  once  more, 

On  this  now  sacred  soil, 
To  gaze  on  scenes,  we  saw  before, 

And  call  to  mind  our  toil. 

We  hail  you  now  as  brothers  dear, 

Who  stood  as  true  as  steel, 
When  other  hearts  were  filled  with  fear, 

Such  fears,  you  did  not  feel. 

But  when  amidst  the  cannon's  roar, 

You  heard  the  words  "fall  in," 
You  promptly  acted  as  of  yore, 

With  the  same  eager  vim. 

We  all  remember  those  who  fell, 

Amidst  the  battle's  roar, 
Their  glory  shall  forever  shine, 

When  time  shall  be  no  more. 

Let  us  recall  to  memory  dear, 

Some  scenes  through  which  they  passed, 

True  men,  who  ne'er  gave  place  to  fear, 
And  bravely  died  at  last. 

Think  of  those  scenes  at  Marye's  Heights, 

Where  many  heroes  bled, 
Brave  Shaler  led  us  in  that  fight, 

And  gallant  Spear  fell  dead. 

Remember  Major  Bassett,  too, 

Who  led  you  on  to  fight, 
Who,  when  the  color  bearer  fell, 

Held  up  our  flag  in  sight. 


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And  boldly  dashed  across  the  bridge, 

And  up  the  hill  he  led, 
And  set  our  colors  on  the  ridge, 

To  wave  above  the  dead. 

Think  of  the  joy  that  filled  our  hearts, 

When  on  those  heights  we  stood, 
When  each  had  well  fulfilled  their  parts, 

And  every  man  felt  good. 

We  cannot  stop  to  mark  each  scene, 

In  which  we  bore  a  share, 
But  only  cast  a  sudden  gleam, 

And  for  new  scenes  prepare. 

We  well  remember  when  we  stood, 

On  this  same  field  before, 
When  thousands  drenched  it  with  their  blood, 

Amidst  the  cannon's  roar. 

%     Think  of  the  cheers  that  rent  the  air, 

When  we  had  gained  the  day, 
And  General  Lee  in  full  retreat, 
From  that  tremendous  fray. 

Cold  Harbor  now  looms  in  our  sight, 

Where  many  met  their  end, 
Fell  on  our  left,  and  on  our  right, 

Whose  deeds  we  here  commend. 

We  never  can  forget  those  boys, 

Who  fell  in  freedom's  name, 
Amidst  the  carnage,  and  the  noise, 

Death  dealing  smoke  and  flame. 

Hurrah  for  gallant  Sheridan, 

Who  led  us  in  the  fray, 
At  Cedar  Creek  and  Winchester, 

And  with  him  gained  the  day. 

May  he  be  spared,  for  many  years, 

To  friends  and  country  too, 
And  saved  from  death,  and  we  from  tears, 

And  here  I  say  adieu. 

After  hearty  cheers  for  the  Eighty-second,  the  Chair  stated 
that  Onondaga  County  was  present  in  force,  and  called  upon 
Major  T.  L.  Poole,  of  Syracuse,  for  something  on  behalf  of 
the  One-hundred-and-twenty-second  New  York, who  responded 
in  a  most  amusing  way,  telling  of  the  trials  and  tribulations 


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of  u  The  Twosters  "  first  introductory  to  the  brigade,  especially 
the  greeting-  they  met  with  at  the  Cross  Roads,  and  most 
eloquently  and  feelingly  spoke  of  the  comradeship  cemented 
in  the  field  whilst  brigaded. 

Then  Comrade  Bill  (W.  W.)  Mayberry,  of  Philadelphia, 
set  the  entire  audience  wild  with  delight  with  his  "  Army 
Flea "  rendition  ;  and  the  shouting  continued  until  he  gave 
them  his  Sneezing  Song — everybody  was  delighted — they 
couldn't  help  it. 

The  Chair  then  stated  that  General  John  Cochrane  who 
had  been  selected  to  act  the  part  of  brigade  orator,  was  by 
reason  of  his  physical  disability  compelled  to  be  absent.  That 
while  they  regretted  very  much  the  inability  of  their  once 
brigade  commander  to  attend — the  post  of  honor  on  to-mor 
row's  dedication  would  be  filled  by  General  Shaler,  who  had 
kindly  consented  to  deliver  the  oration — he  was  pleased  to 
state  that  Captain  Robert  H.  Moses,  One-hundred-and-twenty- 
second  New  York,  of  New  York  City,  was  present  with  a 
copy  of  General  Cochrane's  farewell  address  to  his  old  brigade 
in  1863,  and  introducing  the 
comrade  as  one  of  the  workers, 
of  the  reunion,  who  after  a 
brief  speech  expressive  of  his 
feelings  at  the  enjoyable  time, 
proceeded  to  read  the  Gen 
eral's  address,  which  was 
loudly  applauded  at  its  finish. 

Sergeant  William  McEn- 
tee,  of  New  York,  of  the  Chas 
seurs,  Sixty-fifth  New  York, 
being  called  upon,  after  a  brief 
address  congratulatory  of  the 
occasion,  sang  one  of  the  old 
Sixth  Army  Corps  songs,  in 
voking  loud  applause. 

Capt.  George  W.  Water- 
house,  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  being  called  to  the  front, 
recited  "The  Soldier  Tramp,"  which  he  ably  rendered.  The 
applause  that  followed  brought  him  up  again,  this  time  recit 
ing  an  amusing  dialect,  very  much  enjoyed. 


THOMAS   DORSEY 
Co.   C. 


324  HISTORY   OF   THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


Then  followed  one  of  the  happy  events  of  the  evening,  by 
the  Chair  stating  that  he  had  a  special  message  for  the  ladies  ; 
and  told  that  when  the  Twenty-third  came  to  Gettysburg  to 
dedicate  their  tablet  in  1886,  the  chief  of  the  Commissary,  who 
looked  after  their  stores,  as  now,  was  the  genial  Comrade 
William  H.  Bantom.  That  the  first  news  he  received  on  arrival 
of  the  train  at  Gettysburg,  was  a  telegram  from  his  dear  wife, 
"  That  it  was  a  boy  ;  what  will  you  name  him  ?  "  It  kind  of 
paralyzed  Bant,  at  first,  but  he  recovered  sufficiently  to  wire 
back,  name  him  for  his  grandfather,  the  occasion,  the  General, 
and  the  family  ;  so  the  child  was  christened,  Charles  Gettys 
burg  Shaler  Bantom.  His  comrades  to  show  their  affection 
for  the  father,  had  prepared  a  souvenir  for  the  little  one,  and 
it  gave  him  great  pleasure  to  present  on  behalf  of  "  The  Sur 
vivors'  Association,  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,"  a 
solid  "  Silver  Spoon,"  suitably  engraved,  encased  in  a  unique 
and  costly  box,  to  the  baby  boy.  The  proud  father  came  to 
the  front  amid  laughter  and  clapping  of  hands,  receiving 
the  gift  with  appreciative  thanks,  promising  to  number  it  with 
the  family  heir-looms  as  one  of  their  most  precious  tokens. 

As  it  was  about  time  the  ladies  were  heard  from,  Mrs. 
John  Fox,  of  Philadelphia,  was  escorted  to  the  platform,  giving 
a  recitation  so  ably  rendered  that  she  was  recalled,  and 
amused  the  audience  with  "The  Regular  Army  Oh." 

The  Hon.  Samuel  Collins,  of  Philadelphia,  was  prevailed 
upon  to  give  his  dialect  songs ;  so  he  sang  an  Irish,  Dutch 
and  old  Plantation  Melody,  evoking  hearty  laughter  and 
applause. 

Comrade  William  H.  Redheffer,  Secretary  of  the  Eighty- 
second  Pennsylvania  Association,  being  called  upon,  having 
such  a  severe  cold,  contracted  on  the  trip,  he  could  not  talk, 
handed  in  a  paper  to  have  read,  which  we  take  pleasure  in 
giving  insertion  in  this  publication. 

The  Chair  then  stated  that  Captain  James  M.  Craig,  one 
of  the  workers  of  the  Twenty-third,  who  had  looked  after  the 
Allegheny  contingent,  was  present  with  his  family,  and  called 
on  his  son,  Master  Eddie  Craig,  of  Allegheny  City,  who  de 
livered  in  good  style,  "  Sue's  Wedding." 

Professor  Jay,  whom  we  learned  was  quite  a  musician, 
gave  a  Cornet  Solo,  so  pleasing  that  he  had  to  repeat  his 
"  Home  Sweet  Home.'' 


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The  Chair  then  announced  that  the  Rink  Building  would 
be  thrown  "  wide  open  "  by  the  Twenty-third,  immediately  after 
adjournment,  where  all  were  invited  to  partake  of  their  hospi 
tality.  After  returning  the  thanks  of  Shaler's  Brigade  to  the 
town  authorities  for  the  use  of  the  Court  House,  the  people  of 
Gettysburg  for  their  large  attendance  and  hearty  welcome, 


THOUGHTS    OF    LOVED    ONES    AT    HOME. 

with  cheers  upon  cheers,  amid  the  inspiring  music  of  the  G.  A. 
R.  Band,  of  Gettysburg,  the  happy  Camp-fire  closed. 

During  the  evening,  the  Twenty-third  Commissary,  passed 
buckets  full  of  cold  lemonade  around  every  half  hour.  The 
audience  found  it  quite  refreshing. 

To  sum  it  up,  it  was  a  most  enjoyable  occasion,  every 
body  seemingly  glad  to  have  been  there. 


326  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


Visit    to    the    Battlefield    of    tKe     Second    and 
THird  Days'  Action 

AT  2  P.  M.  Wednesday,  June  isth,  carriages  v/ere  taken  at 
Headquarters  for  a  visit  to  the  battlefield.  Colonel  John 
Long,  of  the  Passenger  Department  Gettysburg  Railroad,  go 
ing  along  as  guide  and  lecturer  ;  the  first  stop  was  made  at 
East  Cemetery  Hill,  where  a  vivid  description  was  given  by 
Colonel  Long,  of  the  march  northward  of  Lee's  and  Meade's 
armies.  A  review  of  the  first  day's  fight,  the  scenes  enacted 
at  Cemetery  Hill,  on  the  night  of  the  second,  when  Hayes' 
and  Hokes'  Confederate  Brigades  charged  among  the  guns  of 
Weiderick  and  Rickett's,  and  were  driven  back  almost  annihi 
lated.  The  terrible  infantry  fighting  at  Gulp's  Hill,  on  the 
morning  of  the  third,  when  the  enemy  were  driven  out  from 
the  works  they  occupied,  which  had  been  abandoned  the  night 
before  by  Geary's  troops,  who  had  been  sent  to  the  support 
of  Sickel's.  From  this  commanding  position  was  had  a  view 
of  the  entire  field  from  Big  Round  Top  on  the  left,  to  Wolf's 
Hill  at  the  right,  and  away  of!  to  Rommel's  Farm,  where  was 
pointed  out  the  Cavalry  Shaft,  the  scene  of  the  fight  between 
Jeb  Stuart  and  General  Gregg,  in  which  the  rebel  cavalry 
were  sent  South.  Carriages  were  then  taken,  and  the  drive 
continued  past  Rickett's  guns  where  brave  Pennsylvanians 
fought  hand  to  hand  in  saving  them  during  the  rush  of  the 
Louisiana  Tigers.  Here  was  pointed  out  where  Carroll's  Bri 
gade  came  on  the  double-quick,  and  getting  on  the  flank  of 
the  Tigers,  swept  the  field.  As  we  ascend  to  Gulp's  Hill, 
Steven's  guns  are  seen,  which  did  so  much  execution  during 
the  charging  at  East  Cemetery  Hill.  Passing  along  the  line 
of  Wadsworth's  Division,  we  soon  reached  the  position  where 
the  gallant  New  Yorkers,  of  Greene's  Brigade,  Twelfth  Corps, 
repulsed  the  repeated  attacks  of  Johnson's  Confederates.  This 
was  where  our  brigade  (Shaler's)  went  in,  (our  second  position) 
relieving  regiments,  assisting  in  driving  the  Johnnies  on  the 
morning  of  the  third,  beyond  the  lines.  The  drive  was  con 
tinued  to  McAllister's  Mills,beyond  which  was  the  extreme  right 
held  by  the  brigade  of  General  Thomas  H.  Neill,  of  the  Sixth 
Corps.  Returning,  we  crossed  the  swale  to  the  right  of  which 


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Johnson's  and  Rhodes'  Confederate  Divisions,  in  three  lines, 
charged  six  times  and  were  repulsed  each  time.  Six  hundred 
dead  Confederates  were  found  in  front  of  Gulp's  Hill,  showing 
the  desperate  work  done  along  the  front  of  Geary's  lines.  At 
Spangler's  Springs  we  stopped  to  taste  of  the  waters,  from 
which  the  wounded  of  both  armies  quenched  their  thirst  on 
the  night  of  the  second,  and  early  morning  of  the  third.  Driv 
ing  along  the  Baltimore  Pike,  we  enter  the  National  Cemetery, 
one  of  the  finest  laid  out  and  well  kept  burial  places  of  the 
Union  dead,  where  lie  some  3,000  of  the  comrades.  Here  we 
found  Sergeant  Holtzworth,  formerly  the  genial  guide  of  the 
battlefield,  who,  by  reason  of  a  paralytic  stroke  has  abandoned 
that  calling,  and  is  now  the  Superintendent.  At  this  point  we 
found  the  Sixth  Corps  mark  among  the  artillery  that  manned 
these  heights.  Continuing  the  drive,  passing  Zeigler's  Grove; 
and  along  the  Emmettsburg  Road  to  the  right  of  Sickel's  line  ; 
here  was  described  the  desperate  fighting  of  the  old  Third  Corps 
on  the  afternoon  of  the  second,  where  Birney,  Ward,  Graham, 
Carr,  and  De  Trobiand  struggled  against  the  overwhelming  at 
tacks  of  Longstreet.  Beyond, 
on  the  left  and  half  a  mile  to 
the  front,  was  pointed  out 
where  Berdan  with  his  sharp 
shooters  attacked  the  advanc 
ing  columns  of  Hood  ;  check 
ing  him  for  forty  minutes, 
which  gave  the  Round  Tops 
in  possession  of  the  Union 
forces.  The  drive  was  then 
continued  past  the  Peach  Orch 
ard,  the  angle  of  Sickel's  line, 
which  was  held  so  tenaciously 
by  our  troops  ;  "  The  Loop," 
through  the  woods  to  the 
famous  Wheatfield,  where  Gen-  CaPt.  GO. 

*     r?        i  j     /~<     i  i     T^IT 

eral    Zook      and    Colonel    ElllS, 

of  the  Orange  Blossoms  were  killed.  Thence  to  the 
"  Devil's  Den,"  where  the  party  alighted  and  were  photo 
graphed.  While  resting  in  the  shade,  under  the  camera,  one 
could  not  help  but  recall  the  desperate  work  that  raged 
around  and  amid  these  great  boulders  twenty-five  years  before  ; 


at  Bull  Run  Aug. 
nth  Pa 


.  30,  1862,  while   Lt.-Col. 
.  Vol.  Infantry. 


Killed 


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"  and  such  boulders  they  are,"  piled  upon  each  other,  full  of 
crevices,  just  the  place  a  sharpshooter  would  be  at  home ; 
and  it  was  worked  for  all  it  was  worth  by  the  Johnnies  during 
their  stay,  in  picking  off  all  that  came  under  their  fire  on  little 
Round  Top.  Passing  through  the  Valley  of  Death  across 
Plum  Run,  full  of  boulders  of  all  sizes,  between  Little  and  Big 
Round  Top,  we  ascend  to  the  summit  of  the  key  to  the  posi 
tion  "  Little  Round  Top."  It  was  here  that  Warren,  then 
Engineer  Officer,  on  Meade's  Staff,  discovered  the  flank  move 
ment  of  Hood — that  Hazlett,  Colonel  O'Rourke,  Generals 
Weed  and  Vincent  Strong,  were  killed  in  holding  the  position. 
The  lecturer  described  the  repulse  of  Longstreet,  on  the 
evening  of  the  second  day,  pointing  out  across  the  Run,  where 
the  Pennsylvania  Reserves  charged  ;  Colonel  Taylor,  of  the 
Bucktail's  lost  his  life,  and  away  off  to  the  Werntz  Farm, 
where  (Buck)  McCandless'  Brigade  halted  in  their  charge,  the 
night  of  the  2d.  From  here  a  grand  view  is  had  of  the  field  ; 
some  climbed  up  the  ascent  of  Big  Round  Top,  to  the  left  of 
which  where  Farnsworth,  of  Kilpatrick's  Cavalry,  was  killed 
leading  his  charging  squadrons.  Here  was  another  6th  Corps 
Brigade  (Russell's)  holding  the  extreme  left. 

The  party  was  then  driven  down  the  slopes  of  the  Tops, 
along  the  battlefield  drive,  passing  the  Headquarters  of  old 
General  Sedgwick,  the  Commander  of  the  Sixth  Corps,  in  the 
clump  of  trees  on  the  front  line,  to  the  right  of  Little  Round 
Top,  where  his  advance  brigade — Nevin's — went  in,  just  in 
time  to  assist  in  driving  Longstreet  back.  To  the  rear  of  this 
where  our  brigade  (Shaler's)  lay  (its  first  position)  on  arrival 
on  the  field,  on  the  afternoon  of  the  2d.  On  reaching  the 
left  centre,  a  vivid  description  was  given  of  the  artillery  duel 
on  the  afternoon  of  the  third  day,  where  one  hundred  and 
twenty  guns  of  the  Confederates  and  eighty  of  the  Union  ex 
changed  shots  for  nearly  two  hours — a  prelude  to  the  grand 
charge  and  magnificent  repulse  of  Pickett's  fourteen  thousand. 
Here  Hancock,  Gibbon,  Doubleday,  Webb,  Stannard,  Hall, 
Brooks,  Hayes,  Harrow,  Dana,  Rowley,  Arnold,  Brown,  Cush- 
ing  and  Cowan  performed  distinguished  services.  At  this  point 
is  the  Umbrella  clump  of  trees  ;  along  this  front  is  known  as  the 
"high-water  mark  of  the  rebellion."  Along  the  low  stone 
wall  lay  the  gallant  Sixty-ninth  Pennsylvania,  of  the  Philadel 
phia  Brigade,  who  never  left  it  during  the  charge,  while  to 


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their  right  was  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut,  Fourth  Delaware 
and  Twelfth  New  Jersey,  who  did  such  terrible  execution.  To 
the  left  of  the  clump  of  trees  was  pointed  out  where  Stan- 
nard's  Vermont  Brigade  advanced  beyond  the  lines,  and, 
wedged  between  the  right  and 
centre  of  Pickett's  charging 
columns,  and  forming  line  of 
battle  front  and  rear,  took  both 
lines  on  the  flank.  Here  we 
again  found  the  Sixth  Corps 
mark — that  of  Cowan's  Bat 
tery  ;  the  brave  Confederates 
coming  so  close  to  his  guns 
that  he  used  double-shotted 
canister  at  ten  paces.  In  the 
fields,  to  the  immediate  left 
and  rear,  lay  our  brigade — 
Shaler's — (our  third  position) 
in  support  as  the  charge  was 
broken.  From  here  over  on 
the  Taneytown  Road,  in  rear, 
was  pointed  out  the  old  shell-stormed  house,  where  General 
Meade  had  his  headquarters  during  the  action.  As  we  near 
the  town  it  was  shown  where  the  Eighth  Ohio  and  troops  from 
Zeigler's  Grove  got  on  the  left  flank  of  Pickett's  charge,  send 
ing  back  Pettigrew's  Division,  badly  demoralized.  Thence 
past  the  battlefield  hotel,  where  the  sharpshooters  held  the  ex 
treme  out-post  of  the  Union  line  at  the  cemetery,  during  the 
second  and  third  days  ;  past  the  house  where  Jennie  Wade 
was  killed  while  baking  bread,  on  the  evening  of  the  first  day's 
action,  reaching  the  hotels  in  time  for  supper — dusty,  tired, 
but  well  pleased  with  the  trip  around  the  field. 

The  drive  was  an  interesting  one,  giving  the  opportunity 
of  viewing  the  many  magnificent,  unique  and  costly  monu 
ments  erected  along  the  lines,  as  well  as  one  of  instruction  of 
the  story  of  the  action. 


JOHN  LAPP, 
Corporal  Co.  C. 


330  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


Complimentary    Ball  and  Reception  by  tKe 

Twenty-tHird  Pennsylvania  Volunteers' 

Association  in  Honor  of  tKe  Reunion 

AFTER  supper,  on  the  evening  of  Wednesday,  the  i3th,  the 
G.  A.  R.  Band,  of  Gettysburg,  under  the  charge  of  Com 
rade  James  Spence,  of  Philadelphia,  were  taken  on  a  serenad 
ing  tour — visiting  the  newspaper  offices  of  The  Truth,  The  Com 
piler,  The  Star  and  Sentinel,  who  had  done  so  much  in  their 
columns  to  honor  the  event,  in  their  many  kind  expressions 
concerning  the  brigade  reunion — and  thence  to  the  Globe 
Inn,  where  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  New  York 
were  quartered  ;  from  there  to  the  McClellan  House,  the  head 
quarters  of  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York  ;  and  then  to  the  City 
Hotel,  where  the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania  made  their  home 
— back  to  the  Eagle  Hotel,  headquarters  of  the  brigade.  At 
each  place  choice  selections  of  music  were  tendered,  as  com 
pliments  of  the  Brigade  Association. 

In  the  meantime,  the  McKnightstown  Band,  in  charge  of 
the  Twenty-third  Committee,  were  tendering  the  General  a 
serenade,  and  comrades  were  calling  upon  him  and  visiting 
each  other's  headquarters — recounting  the  stones  of  old  times 
and  the  many  pleasantries  of  the  reunion  occasion — and  at  9 
P.  M.  all  wended  their  way  from  headquarters  to  the  Rink 
Building,  a  large,  commodious  structure,  where  was  being  held 
the  grand  Complimentary  Ball  and  Reception,  tendered  by  the 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  in  honor  of  the  event.  The  ball 
room  was  appropriately  decorated  for  the  occasion,  with  two 
stages  erected  at  opposite  sides  of  the  room,  for  the  bands  ; 
while,  from  the  front  of  the  building  was  a  transparency,  em 
blazoned  with  the  legend,  "  The  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania 
Welcomes  Shaler's  Brigade  and  their  Friends."  One  hundred 
and  fifty  written  invitations  had  been  sent  to  the  good  people 
of  Gettysburg,  inviting  "  Yourself  and  ladies  "  to  the  Camp- 
fire,  the  Dedication  and  the  Complimentary  Ball  and  Recep 
tion,  and  when  Colonel  John  F.  Glenn,  as  Grand  Conductor  of 
the  Ball,  led  off  in  the  Grand  March,  with  his  good  wife,  there 
followed  at  least  twelve  hundred  people — some  four  hundred 
ladies  being  in  the  line  ;  the  G.  A.  R.  Band,  of  Gettysburg, 


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playing  the  dancing  music,  while  the  McKnightstown  Cornet 
Band  gave  the  promenades,  so  that  music  was  in  the  air  at  all 
times.  An  original,  unique  and  very  appropriate  ball  program 
was  distributed,  containing  thirty  six  dances,  wherein  are  the 
names  of  the  regiments  of  the 
brigade,  its  winter  camps,  and 
actions  in  which  it  had  parti 
cipated  were  embraced,  as  a 
souvenir  of  the  occasion  ;  the 
ladies  receiving  a  specially 
decorated  one  in  silken  corded 
pencil  and  bow  of  ribbon. 
Everybody  got  one  to  carry 
home,  while  two  thousand 
handsome  programs  proper, 
containing  the  dances  and  pro 
menades,  were  passed  around 
for  use  in  the  festivities. 

There  was  but  one  round 
of  refreshments — but  it  was  a 
continuous  one,  of  ice-cream 
in  all  flavors,  pound,  sponge  and  other  cakes,  lemonade,  etc., 
and  it  kept  the  volunteers  to  their  Commissary  Committee 
busy  ;  but  they  enjoyed  it,  all  the  same,  to  be  permitted  to 
cater  to  such  guests. 

The  dancing  was  kept  up  until  midnight,  the  old  and  young 
joining  in  the  festivities  with  mirth  and  zeal,  it  being  expressed 
by  the  people  of  Gettysburg  as  one  of  the  grandest  and  most 
enjoyable  balls  in  the  history  of  the  town.  Everybody  seemed 
to  enjoy  the  occasion,  from  the  General  and  his  good  wife,  to 
the  Secretary  and  his  "  little  "  daughter. 


GEO.  W.  FRALEY, 
Co.  G. 


332  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  ball  program  souvenir  : 

COMPLIMENTARY 

BALL  AND  RECEPTION 

OF  THE  SURVIVORS'   ASSOCIATION 

TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT  PENNA.   VOLUNTEERS 

TO  THE 

SURVIVORS  OF  SHALER'S  BRIGADE 

(SIXTH  CORPS) 

AT  THE 
RINK  BUILDING,   GETTYSBURG,  JUNE   13,    1888. 


1.  Grand  March        .          6th  Corps — from  Manchester  to  Gettysburg 

2.  Quadrille         .....  Queens  Farm 

3.  Polka        ......  Yorktown 

4.  Lancers  .....             Williamsburg 

5.  Glide  and  Schottische       ....  Fair  Oaks 

6.  New  York  City's  Delight,       "The  Chasseurs,"  65th  N.  Y.  Vols. 

7.  Octagon  .              .              .            Charles  City  X  Roads 

8.  Polacca     .  ...          White  Oak  Swamp 

9.  Waltz — Danish  ....             Turkey  Bend 

10.  Varsouvienna         .....        Malvern  Hill 

11.  Lawn  Tennis  .....      Chantilly 

12.  Our  Absent  Friends,  The  ist  Long  Island — 6yth  N.  Y.  Vols. 

13.  Saratoga  Lancers         ....         Fredericksburg 

14.  Varieties  ....          Mud  March 

15.  Redowa  ....       Marye's  Heights 

1 6.  Quadrille — Robinson         ....      Salem  Church 
17-  "  The  Nation's  Mecca"      .              .                 Gettysburg 

1 8.  Syracuse's  Delight  .              .           Our  i22d  New  York  Vols. 

19.  Cotillion           .....  Funkstown 

20.  Virginia  Reel         ....    Rappahannock  Station 

21.  Stephinie  Gavotta        .....     Mine  Run 

22.  Irish  Jig  .              .                  Brandy  Station 

23.  College  Lancers  .        Johnson's  Island 

24.  Shaler's  Brigade  Delight  .              .            Another  Reunion 

25.  Mazourka  .              .                  Wilderness 

26.  Caledonian  ....      Spottsylvania 

27-  Polo  .           Hanover  Court  House 

28-  Plain  .              .       Cold  Harbor 
29.  Loomis  Lanciers           ....                  Petersburg- 


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30.  Philadelphia's  Delight 

31.  Schottische 

32.  Galop 

33.  Highland  Fling 

34.  Medley 

35.  All  Hands  Around 

36.  The  23d  Penn'a  Vols.  Delight, 


Old  82d  Pennsylvania  Vols. 

Fort  Stevens 

Opequan 

Cedar  Creek 

.    Sailor's  Creek 

Appomattox 

Hope  all  Enjoyed  Themselves. 


PROGRAM  PROPER  OF  THE  DANCES  AND  PROMENADES 

AT  THE  BALL. 


GRAND  MARCH 


GUARD  THE  FLAG 


1.  Quadrille 

Promenade 

2.  Quadrille 

Promenade 

3.  Quadrille 

Promenade 

4.  Waltz 

Promenade 

5.  Quadrille 

Promenade 

6.  Waltz 

Promenade 

7.  Quadrille 

Promenade 

8.  Waltz 

Promenade 

9.  Quadrille 

Promenade 

10.  Waltz 

Promenade 

11.  Quadrille 

Promenade 

1 2.  Galop 

Promenade 

Dancing  Music     . 
Promenade  Music 


INTERMISSION 


INTERMISSION 


Riverdale. 
Minstrels. 

Lanciers. 
Erminie. 
.     Schottische. 
.    Merry  War. 

Congress. 
Popular  Airs. 

Leap  Year. 
Gladiator  March. 

Queen  Anne. 
Mikado. 

Polka. 
Black  Hussar 

Victor 
Fairest  of  the  Fair. 

Plain. 
Falka. 

Ida  May. 
Nanon. 

Lanciers. 
Trip  to  Africa. 

Amazon. 
Good  Night. 

Gettysburg  Band. 
McKnightstown  Band. 


334  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


A    Visit  to  the  Battlefield  of   the  First    Day's 

Action 

AT  9  A.  M.,  of  Thursday,  June  Hth,  carriages  were  taken 
again  at  brigade  headquarters,  for  a  visit  to  the  scene  of 
the  first  day's  action,  many  tramping  it  all  along  the  lines. 
At  Barlow's  Knob  a  description  was  given  by  Colonel 
Long,  the  guide  and  lecturer,  from  that  portion  of  the 
field,  showing  the  gap  that  existed  between  the  left  of 
the  Eleventh  Corps  and  that  of  the  right  of  the  First 
Corps,  caused  by  the  arrival  of  the  Confederates,  under 
Early,  along  the  York  Road,  which  threatened  the  extreme 
right  and  rear  of  the  Eleventh  Corps,  necessitating  the 
withdrawal  of  the  entire  line  from  that  part  of  the  field— 
the  troops  falling  back  through  the  streets  of  the  town,  secur 
ing  positions  on  Cemetery  Heights  ;  the  lecturer  describing 
the  terrible  scenes  enacted  in  the  retreat  to  take  up  the  rear 
position.  Passing  along  the  Mummasburg  Road  and  along 
the  lines  to  the  Railroad  Cut,  where  a  Confederate  brigade 
was  corralled  during  the  action  and  taken  prisoners  ;  along 
these  lines  the  Johnnies  had  an  enfilading  fire,  but  the  old  First 
held  up  their  end  until  the  right  gave  way. 

From  there  the  party  was  driven  to  Oak  Ridge,  where 
raged  the  action  of  the  First  Corps.  Here  Reynolds,  Mere 
dith,  Doubleday,  Paul,  Wadsworth,  Custer,  Hoffman,  Fair- 
childs  and  others  did  such  distinguished  service.  Thence,  to 
Reynolds'  Grove,  where  stands  the  monument  erected  by  the 
State  of  Pennsylvania,  on  the  spot  where  her  distinguished  son, 
General  John  F.  Reynolds,  was  killed.  In  this  grove  the  Iron 
Brigade  of  Meredith,  in  the 'course  of  the  engagement,  cap 
tured  the  Confederate  brigade  of  Archer.  Here  Custer's 
Brigade  and  Hall's  Battery  were  forced  back  to  Seminary 
Ridge  by  the  overwhelming  numbers  of  Hill's  Corps,  where  a 
new  line  was  formed,  Rowley's  and  Robinson's  Divisions  and 
the  Bucktail  Brigade,  of  Pennsylvania,  distinguishing  them 
selves  in  holding  it  against  repeated  attacks.  The  drive  was 
continued  across  Willoughrby  Run,  where  General  Buford, 
with  his  cavalry,  brought  on  the  action  of  Gettysburg,  fighting 
dismounted  for  two  hours  against  superior  numbers,  winning 


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for  himself  and  command  meritorious  praise  from  the  Com 
manding  General,  for  his  gallant  resistance  to  the  advance  of 
Hill's  Corps  of  Lee's  Army.  This  cavalry  action  and  the 
stubborn  resistance  of  the  glorious  old  First  Corps,  under 
Reynolds,  and  that  of  the  unfortunate  Eleventh  Corps,  under 
Howard,  gave  the  opportunity  for  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
to  concentrate  on  the  lines  the 
second  and  third  day,  that  gave 
to  the  nation  "  Gettysburg." 

After  a  visit  to  the  Springs, 
to  enjoy  the  Katasalyn  waters, 
the  story  being  told  of  their 
discovery  as  medicinal  proper 
ties  by  wounded  men  crawling 
to  the  springs  to  bathe  their 
wounds  in  the  waters,  we 
started  back  to  town  over  the 
Chambersburg  Road,  passing 
the  Seminary  where  General 
Lee  made  his  headquarters, 
after  the  withdrawal  of  our 
troops  to  the  Cemetery,  until 
his  army  retreated  back  to  Vir 
ginia.  Along  the  road  was 
pointed  out  the  fields  over 
which  the  gallant  First  Corps, 
in  well-preserved  lines,  fell 
back,  fighting  all  the  way,  be 
yond  the  town.  Viewing  the 
old  whitewashed  home  of  the 
late  John  Burns,  the  citizen  of 
the  town,  who,  while  fighting  on  his  own  hook  with  the  First 
Corps,  received  the  wounds  that  caused  his  death.  As  we 
enter  the  town,  houses  are  pointed  out  where  the  Confederate 
sharpshooters  fired  on  the  guns  at  Cemetery  Hill,  and  the  old 
Church  Building,  where  the  chaplain  of  the  Ninetieth  Pennsyl 
vania  Regiment  was  killed  on  its  steps  as  he  was  about  to  enter 
to  minister  to  the  spiritual  welfare  of  the  wounded  ;  reaching 
our  hotels  in  time  to  pack  up  gripsacks  for  the  homeward  trip. 

We  found  the  dead  in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Gettys 
burg,  are  buried  in  Sections  of  States  :     United  States  Regu- 


ELY   MEDAL, 
Marye's  Heights. 


336 


HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


lars,  138;  Connecticut,  22;  Delaware,  15;  Indiana,  80;  Illi 
nois,  6;  Maine,  104;  Massachusetts,  159;  Maryland,  22; 
Michigan,  171  ;  Minnesota,  52  ;  New  York,  867  ;  New  Jersey, 
78;  New  Hampshire,  49;  Ohio,  131;  Pennsylvania,  534; 
Rhode  Island,  12;  Vermont,  61  ;  Wisconsin,  73;  West  Vir 
ginia,  1 1  ;  unknown,  979.  A  massive  monument,  sixty  feet  in 
height,  surmounted  by  the  Goddess  of  Liberty,  rises  from  the 
centre  of  the  plot.  It  was  erected  by  the  National  Govern 
ment  in  memorY  of  its  dead  on  the  field. 


GEORGE   F.  PEIFER, 
Corporal  Co.  B.    Taken  in  1862. 


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337 


Homeward. 

THE  One-hundred-and-twenty-second  New  York  was  the 
first  to  leave  for  home,  taking  the  9  A.  M.  train  on 
Thursday,  June  Hth,  quite  a  number  of  the  boys  going  to  the 
depot  to  give  it  a  send-off.  After  many  hand  shakes,  and 
promises  to  be  with  us  on  all  future  reunions  of  the  Brigade, 
they  bid  adieu  to  Gettysburg,  and  after  an  uneventful  but  very 
enjoyable  ride,  they  reached  old  Onondaga  County  and  their 
home,  Syracuse,  on  schedule  time — a  tired  party  of  pilgrims, 
but  rejoiced  at  their  successful  and  enjoyable  trip. 

Headquarters  party,  Sixty-fifth  and  One-hundred-and- 
twenty-second  New  York  contingent,  Eighty-second  and 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania,  departed  on  their  special  at  i  P.  M., 
of  the  1 4th,  with  many  hand 
shakes  and  "  come  and  see  us 
again  "  from  the  good  people 
of  the  town.  Orders  had  been 
given  for  no  dinner,  and  we 
were  getting  to  feel  quite  hun 
gry,  when  the  Commissary 
Committee  of  the  Twenty-third 
passed  through  the  train  with 
churns  of  hot  coffee,  iced  milk, 
sandwiches,  fruits,  etc.,  boxes 
of  cigars  and  lots  of  commis 
sary,  and  it  kept  us  busy  get 
ting  away  with  the  supplies, 
from  the  time  we  pulled  out  of 
Gettysburg  until  Broad  Street 
Station,  Philadelphia,  was 
reached,  as  the  Committee  didn't  seem  to  tire  and  their  stores 
of  hospitality  were  inexhaustible. 

The  Brigade  Committee  held  a  meeting  on  the  train, 
closing  up  all  its  affairs,  and  directed  the  Secretary  to  compile 
all  the  proceedings  of  the  reunion  for  publication  in  book 
form,  and  instructed  General  Shaler,  as  President  of  the  Asso 
ciation,  to  send  a  letter  of  thanks  to  the  Twenty-third  Penn 
sylvania  Association  for  their  hospitality  and  soldierly  interest, 
so  well  manifested  in  the  success  of  the  brigade  reunion.  The 
sentiment  on  the  train  was  that  in  the  near  future  the  Brigade 
should  reune  at  home  or  on  some  of  the  other  battlefields 


MATHEW   SPENCE, 
Corporal  Co.  C. 


338 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


and  thus  keep  alive  the  comradeship  of  the  survivors  and 
friendship  of  our  friends,  which  had  been  so  enjoyable, 
renewed  at  our  first  reunion. 

The  run  was  a  delightful  one,  only  one  stop  of  five  min 
utes  at  Harrisburg,  where  our  western  contingent  bid  us  good 
bye,  with  the  promise  to  be  with  us  on  the  next  occasion, 
reaching  Philadelphia  forty-five  minutes  ahead  of  time,  like 
the  "  Twosters,"  a  tired  but  one  of  the  most  happy  parties  of 
veterans  and  friends  possible. 

The  Twenty-third  re-stocked  the  "Yorkers"  with  sup 
plies,  so  as  to  bridge  them  over  to  their  destination — Mrs. 
General  Shaler  being  presented  with  a  large  pound  cake  to 
carry  home  to  the  grandchildren.  Thus  ended  a  most  glorious, 
happy  and  decidedly  successful  reunion  of  Shaler's  Brigade, 
in  which  all  the  commands  contributed  their  share  in  the 
honors. 


ONE    OF    THK    CTSTO.MAKY    CL'TS    ON    SOI.niKRS' 
LKTTK1.S— I    i,|-|!  6--. 


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Letters    and    OtKer  Documents    Appertaining 
to  tKe  IVexinion. 


Letter  from    Major-General    H.   G.    WRIGHT,   late  Commander   6th 
Army  Corps.      Read  at  Dedication. 

WASHINGTON,  June  7,  1888.  ) 
1203  N  Street,  N.  W.        j 
Dear  General  Shaler  : 

Your  kind  invitation  to  be  present  at  the  meeting  of  the  Survivors 
of  your  brigade  of  the  good  Old  Sixth  at  Gettysburg,  on  the  i2th  to  1/j.th 
inst. ,  gave  me  profound  pleasure,  and  I  should  be  glad  to  join  you  on 
that  occasion,  and  meet  so  many  of  the  Survivors  of  the  gallant  Corps 
we  all  loved  so  well ;  but  I  am  forced  to  accept  the  fact  that  my  days  for 
such  undertakings  are  over,  and  that  I  must  leave  such  Reunions  to 
younger  men  who  do  not  feel  the  weight  of  years  bearing  somewhat 
heavily  upon  them. 

As  I  cannot  be  with  you,  I  must  beg  that  you  express  to  my  old 
comrades  my  most  hearty  good  wishes,  not  only  for  this  occasion,  but 
for  all  things  connected  with  their  welfare — good  wishes  which  they 
have  earned,  not  only  from  myself  but  from  the  country,  by  their  gal 
lant,  efficient  and  successful  services. 
I  am  my  dear  General, 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

H.  G.  WRIGHT. 
General  ALEXANDER  SHALER, 

Ridgefield  Park,  N.  J. 


Letter  from  Major-General  JOHN  NEWTON,   late  our  Division  Com 
mander.      Read  at  Dedication. 

NEW  YORK,  May  26,  1888. 
My  Dear  General : 

It  would  give  me  great  pleasure  to  be  with  your  brigade  in  their 
celebration  at  Gettysburg,  and  I  tender  my  best  thanks  for  the  cour 
tesy  ;  but  the  fact  is,  I  don't  expect  to  be  able  to  get  out  of  the  city  at 
the  date  of  the  Reunion,  which  I  would  greatly  enjoy.  With  best 
wishes  for  a  glorious  time,  I  am 

Very  truly  yours, 

JOHN  NEWTON. 
General  ALEXANDER  SHALER. 


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Letter  from  Major- General  D.  N.  COUCH,  late  our  Division  Commander. 

Read  at  Dedication. 

NORWALK,  CONN.,  May  25,  1888. 
My  Dear  General  Shalr.r  : 

Very  many  thanks  for  the  invitation  to  join  the  brigade  in  its  Re 
union  at  Gettysburg  ;  but,  by  reason  of  having  made  arrangements 
to  be  absent  from  home  at  the  time,  I  cannot  accept  your  kindness. 

Permit  me,   however,  to  wish  for  the  Gallant  Old  Brigade,  an  en 
joyable  trip  to  the  field  of  its  former  glories. 
With  many  good  wishes, 

I  am  respectfully, 


D.  N.  COUCH. 


General  ALEXANDER  SHALER, 

Ridgefield,  N.  J. 


Letter  from  General  MARTIN  T.  McMAHON,  late  Chief  of  Staff,  6th 
Corps.      Read  at  Dedication. 

NEW  YORK  CITY,  June  4,  1888. 

93  Nassau  Street. 
Dear  General : 

I  would  be  only  too  glad  to  go  with  you  to  Gettysburg,  and  say 
a  few  words  to  the  Survivors  of  your  old  brigade.  No  one  knew  better 

than  I  how  much  they  did,  and 
how  wrell  it  was  done.  One  of  the 
best  brigades  in  the  Sixth  Army 
Corps — having  but  two  rivals  as 

'jBRRHflQJBlL  .       Brigade    Organizations    in    what  I 

I  may  certainly  be  pardoned  as  de- 

|  a       fl  scribing  as  the   best    Corps  of  the 

|Kj  Army  of  the  Potomac.    Your  brig 

ade  made  a  record  which  could  in 
spire  even  as  dull  a  speaker  as  my 
self  almost  to  eloquence.  It  is  not, 
therefore,  the  task  of  preparing  an 
address  suitable  to  the  occasion, 
which  deters  me  from  accepting 
your  kind  invitation  ;  but,  unfor 
tunately,  I  am  obliged  to  be  in  the 
city  on  the  dates  named  for  your 
Reunion  by  engagements  which 
I  cannot  forego. 

When  I  refer  to  the  Sixth  Corps  as  the  best  Corps  of  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  ;  and,  therefore,  of  the  best  army  of  the  world,  I  expect 
to  hear  from  many  of  our  good  brothers  of  the  Second,  the  Fifth  and 
the  others,  who  will  vigorously  dispute  the  claim,  and  with  such  good 


JOHN   HAHX, 
Co.  C. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  341 

reason  that  I  fear  posterity  will  have  much  difficulty  in  agreeing  upon  a 
verdict  even  if  they  take  the  trouble  to  consider  the  question.  We 
will  stand  stubbornly  by  our  own,  however,  and  maintain  as  persist 
ently  with  or  without  reason  the  supremacy  of  the  Greek  Cross,  whether 
of  red,  white,  or  blue,  as  we  did  in  the  days  when  Shaler's  Brigade 
under  Cochrane,  yourself  or  dear  Joe.  Hamblin,  bore  it  firmly  to  the 
front  under  more  adverse  circumstances,  and  met  arguments  that 
silenced,  even  if  they  did  not  convince,  and  held  it  there  like  men  who 
deserved  well  of  their  country. 

God  bless  them  all  who  are  with  you,  and  God's  peace  to  the  souls 
of  them  whom  you  are  there  to  honor. 
Faithfully  yours, 

M.  T.  McMAHON, 

Chief  of  Staff,  6th  Corps, 

Army  of  the  Potomac. 
General  ALEXANDER  SHALER. 


Letter  of  General  COCHRANE,   declining  to  accept  as    Orator  of  the 

Day. 

To  SHALER'S  BRIGADE  ASSOCIATION,    SURVIVORS  OF  THE  SIXTH 
ARMY  CORPS  : 

Gentlemen  : 

I  was  apprised  unexpectedly  of  my  selection  to  address  your  Asso 
ciation  on  the  occasion  of  your  Reunion  on  the  field  of  Gettysburg, 
at  a  time  when  physical  disorder  forbade  my  acceptance  of  the  proffered 
honor. 

Gettysburg  battle,  enshrined  in  the  common  heart,  reflects  a  glory 
upon  its  humblest  participant.  Thither  repair  the  pilgrims  of  freedom, 
and  thither  the  pride  and  the  hopes  converge  that  illustrate  the  Ameri 
can  name.  No  record  of  man's  design  is  needed  to  tell  the  story  of 
that  day,  and  when  cenotaph  and  monument  shall  have  crumbled  to 
decay,  still  will  its  deeds  stir  and  its  echo  thrill  every  American  bosom. 
Here  death  assailed  the  hero  and  here  deluged  the  ranks  where  shiftless 
and  moanless  thousands  lay  bleeding  a  sacrifice  to  country.  And  now, 
in  the  bloom  of  the  vernal  year,  come  the  survivors  of  Shaler's  Brigade, 
to  recall  the  incidents  of  the  deadly  conflict  they  waged,  and  to  sol 
emnly  dedicate  monuments  to  commemorate  them. 

Though  not  suffered  to  share  with  them  their  perils,  nor  to  partake 
of  the  glory  that  is  theirs,  yet  must  my  heart  be  insensible,  indeed, 
when  Shaler's  Brigade  shall  fail  to  remind  me  that  it  was  once  my  own, 
and  life's  current  have  ebbed  when  its  deeds  and  its  destiny,  its  living 


342  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


and  its  dead,  are  no  longer  borne  on  the  tables  of  memory.  Comrades, 
it  was  a  sore  day  when,  in  time  of  war,  bodily  distress  dictated  to  you 
my  farewell  address.  Equally  sore  is  the  day  when  bodily  infirmities 
restrain  me  from  your  peaceful  Reunion. 

The  glory  anticipated  for  you  then  you  have  reaped,  and  ' '  your 
victories  past  were  in  hail  of  your  victories  to  come, ' '  for  your  stand 
ards  are  gilded  with  the  name  of  Gettysburg.  Comrades,  adieu. 

JOHN  COCHRANE, 
Brigadier-General  U.  S.  Vols. 
NEW  YORK,  JUNE  4th,  1888. 


Letter    from    General    ELISHA    H.     RHODES,     of     the    Gettysburg 
Battlefield  Association. 

PROVIDENCE,  R.  I.,  June  n,  1888. 
W.  J.  Wray,  Sec'y,  &c. 
Dear  Comrade  : 

I  regret  exceedingly  that  I  shall  be  unable  to  attend  the  services 
held  by  the  survivors  of  Shaler's  Brigade,  at  Gettysburg.  I  remem 
ber  the  days  of  old,  when  this  brigade  was  a  near  neighbor  of  mine, 
and  have  not  forgotten  their  deeds  of  valor  in  defence  of  the  old  flag. 
Please  remember  me  to  General  Shaler  and  Comrades,  and  accept  my 
thanks  for  the  invitation. 

Yours  very  truly, 

ELISHA   H.   RHODES, 

2d.  R.  I.  Vols. 


General  COCHRANE'S  Farewell  Address  ;  read  at  the  Camp- Fire, 

by  Captain  ROBERT  M.  MOSES,  i22d  New  York  Volunteers. 
HEADQUARTERS  FIRST  BRIGADE,  3RD  DIVISION,  6TH  ARMY  } 
CORPS,  ARMY  OF  POTOMAC.     February  27,  1863.  j 

Soldiers  of  the  First  Brigade : 

My  command  over  you  has  terminated.  Serious  physical  mala 
dies,  induced  by  the  unaccustomed  experiences  of  two  years  of  military 
life,  constantly  in  the  camp,  on  the  march,  or  in  the  field,  have  unfitted 
me  for  the  duties  of  an  active  campaign. 

For  this  reason  my  resignation  severs  my  connection  with  the 
service,  but  I  should  trample  upon  the  most  sacred  emotions  did  I 
depart  from  among  you  in  silence.  We  began  our  march  and  have 
traversed  our  fields  together  ;  when  we  lay  down  one  sky  covered, 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


343 


and  one  flag  protected  us  ;  and  when  we  arose,  it  was  to  the  notes  of 
the  same  reveille.  Your  toil  has  been  my  toil,  and  your  battles 
mine.  To  Fair  Oaks,  Malvern  Hill,  Antietam,  Williamsport  and 
Fredericksburg,  our  memories  revert  together,  as  to  the  fields  hallowed 
by  the  bravery  and  the  blood  of 
our  Brigade.  Soldiers'  graves  are 
there,  filled  with  our  dead,  and  we, 
their  survivors,  bear  their  names 
upon  our  hearts,  where  too,  their 
praises  are  inscribed. 

Soldiers,  for  your  country 
have  you  borne  all,  perilled  all, 
suffered  all  ;  and  for  that  country 
you  will  still  bleed  and  endure,  till 
you  have  seized  from  the  teeth  of 
this  monstrous  rebellion  the  dear 
inheritance  of  your  children — one 
name,  one  country,  one  home. 

I  shall  not  be  with  you,  nor 
shall  I  strike  at  your  side.  But 
whenever,  in  other  fields,  bending 
beneath  grievous  burdens,  I  am 
weary  or  faint,  one  thought  of  you,  brave  hearts,  shall  revive  resolu 
tion  and  re-invigorate  effort  in  our  common  cause. 

You  are  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  High  hopes  rest  upon 
you,  and  fervid  prayers  supplicate  your  success.  Objects  of  hope, 
and  subjects  of  prayer,  comrades  in  arms,  your  future  is  fraught 
with  the  destinies  of  the  coming  generations.  Though  sometimes 
checked,  yet  never  defeated  ;  though  sometimes  baffled,  yet  never 
beaten,  the  victories  of  your  past  are  still  within  hail  of  your  victories 
to  come;  your  country's  cause  rests  upon  your  arms,  and  your 
standards  will  yet  gild  the  day  of  its  success. 
Soldiers — Farewell. 

JOHN  COCHRANE, 
Brig. -General,  Comd'g  ist  Brigade. 


PHILIP   STENGEL, 
Sergeant  Co.  A. 


Remarks  of  WILLIAM  H.    REDHEFFER,    Secretary  of  82d   Pennsyl 
vania  Volunteers,  at  the  Camp-Fire. 
Comrades  oj   Shaler* s  Brigade: 

When  a  proper  history  of  the  grand  old  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
of  its  many  severe  struggles,  marches  and  hard  fought  battles,  to  get 
possession  of  its  great  objective  point — Richmond — and  the  heroic 


344  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 

deeds  of  its  valorous  commanders  and  soldiers,  shall  have  been 
written,  no  one  name  of  that  galaxy  of  heroes  will  stand  out  brighter 
or  more  prominent  than  that  of  George  Gordon  Meade. 

That  grand  old  army  that  was  so  often  out-generaled,  and  whose 
commanders  were  so  often  out-manoeuvred,  but  whose  soldiers  were 
never  whipped.  You  all  remember  the  Peninsula  Campaign,  under 
that  (then)  ideal  of  the  army,  McClellan,  with  our  marches  and 
counter-marches,  fatigues,  hardships  and  battles,  and  our  many 
reverses,  and  yet  the  old  army  was  never  defeated,  discomfited  or  dis 
couraged.  These  to  be  succeeded  by  the  Maryland  Campaign,  under 
the  old  commander,  McClellan,  with  Antietam  and  the  various  other 
victorious  battles — to  be  succeeded  in  turn  by  Burnside  and  the 
reverses  at  Fredericksburg,  and  the  "Mud  March,"  with  the  toils, 
hardships  and  privations  incident  to  those  campaigns ;  and  then 
"  Fighting  Joe"  Hooker,  with  Chancellorsville,  Marye's  Heights  and 
Salem  Church  ;  to  be  followed  by  the  second  invasion  of  Maryland  and 
the  penetration  of  the  loyal  soil  of  our  own  State  of  Pennsylvania.  You, 
comrades  of  the  old  "  Shaler's  Brigade,"  remember  how,  in  the  latter 
part  of  June,  1863,  while  on  the  march,  we  were  informed  of  the  dis 
placement  of  Hooker  and  the  substitution  of  that  grandest  of  all  our 
commanders,  General  Meade,  to  the  command  of  our  grand  old  army. 
You  remember,  too,  the  grumblings  and  feelings  of  disappointment 
and  distrust  amongst  the  rank  and  file  at  the  placing  of,  as  we  then 
thought,  a  new  man  at  the  head  of  the  army,  and  one  who  was  then 
comparatively  unknown  beyond  the  limits  of  his  own  (Fifth)  Corps. 

The  first  day's  fight  at  Gettysburg,  the  fall  of  that  gallant  soldier, 
Reynolds,  and  the  sending  for  our  Division  Commander  Newton  to  go 
to  the  front,  to  take  Reynolds'  place,  in  command  of  his  Corps,  are 
still  fresh  in  your  minds.  You  remember,  also,  the  night  march  of 
the  first  day  of  the  fight,  to  reach  the  field  of  battle  in  time  to  take 
part  therein.  Wherever  the  nation  most  needed  a  soldier,  there  some 
of  the  grand  old  Sixth  Corps  were  sent. 

After  our  victory  here  at  Gettysburg,  then  the  charge  at  Funks- 
town,  and  the  driving  of  the  rebels  from  our  soil,  and  the  ending  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Campaign.  None  of  us  who  took  part  in  that  battle 
knew  of  the  anxious  days  in  Philadelphia,  Washington,  Baltimore  and 
New  York,  nor  of  the  many  sleepless  nights  passed  by  the  people  of 
those  cities  during  that  time  ;  and  not  until  it  was  known  by  them 
that  the  grand  old  invincible  Army  of  the  Potomac  was  confronting 
Lee  and  his  hosts  was  confidence  restored. 

This  victory  at  Gettysburg  was  the  first  step  in  the  disruption  and 
downfall  of  the  so-called  Southern  Confederacy.  After  that  the  old 
foe  of  our  army  fought  on  the  defensive.  No  more  offensive  cam 
paigns  ;  no  more  invasions  of  Pennsylvania  or  Maryland  were 


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345 


attempted  by  them.  To  have  lost  at  Gettysburg  meant  the  imperilling 
and  possible  capture  of  Washington,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore  and  per 
haps  New  York  City,  and  the  reorganization  of  the  Southern  Con 
federacy  by  Foreign  Powers.  These  catastrophes  would  have  pro 
longed  the  war  for  years  and  left  the  end  in  doubt.  Of  course,  this  is 
mere  conjecture  or  speculation,  but  it  is  the  sort  of  thing  indulged  in 
in  everyday  life,  and  is  pardonable  here. 

General  Meade  was,  to  my  mind,  the  greatest  soldier  and  General 
that  ever  commanded  our  old  Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  was  a  soldier 
by  instinct  and  education  ;  one  of  sound  judgment  and  good,  hard 
common  sense.  You  must  remember  that  the  battle  of  Gettysburg, 
the  best  fought  and  most  decisive  in  results  of  the  war,  was  fought 
within  less  than  one  week  after  he  had  assumed  command  of  the  army. 
We  were  on  the  march  for  somewhere,  wherever  Lee's  army  might  be. 
But  where  were  they  ?  That  was  the  question.  Like  the  true  soldier 
that  he  was,  Meade  took  command,  and  within  less  than  one  week 
thereafter,  fought  the  hardest  battle  of  the  war,  with  the  most  glorious 
results.  General  Meade  was  no  hurrah  soldier  ;  he  was  a  soldier  in 
the  strongest  acceptation  of  the  term  ;  and  I  do  not  wish  to  detract 
from  the  merits  of  any  of  the  other  heroes  of  the  war  when  I  repeat 
that  to  my  mind — a  soldier  in  the  ranks — he  was  the  greatest  strategist, 
fighter  and  soldier  that  ever  com 
manded  our  army.  There  have 
been  other  claimants  for  the  honor 
of  having  selected  the  position  for 
the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  and  some 
have  boldly  asserted  that  Meade 
had  nothing  to  do  with  it,  while 
others,  in  their  claim,  would  almost 
make  one  think  that  Meade  wasn't 
in  the  fight  at  all  ! 

When  Meade  took  command, 
our  army  was  acting  on  the  defen 
sive.  We  were  after  our  old  foe, 
Lee  ;  but  where  he  was  at,  that 
time,  no  one  knew.  Therefore, 
Meade  was  obliged  to  move  cau 
tiously  and  feel  his  way  gradually. 
But,  when  Buford  discovered  the 
enemy's  whereabouts,  and  the  gallant  Reynolds,  soldier-like,  obeyed  the 
soldier  instinct  and  marched  his  column  toward  the  sound  of  the  guns, 
and  fell,  covered  with  glory — then  Meade  knew  where  Lee  was,  and 
immediately  ordered  his  entire  army  to  the  scene  of  conflict,  Gettys 
burg.  His  instructions  to  Hancock,  of  July  ist,  were,  ''That  you 


CHA5.  R.  SLAYSMAN, 
Co.  H. 


346  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


proceed  to  the  front,  and  by  virtue  of  this  order,  in  case  of  Reynolds' 
death  (as  reported)  you  assume  command  of  the  Corps  there 
assembled  ,  "  and  he  further  said,  "  In  case  the  ground  and  position 
are  better  for  a  fight  than  the  one  heretofore  selected  (Pipe  Creek), 
you  will  advise  me  and  I  will  order  all  the  troops  up."  Hancock  re 
ported,  and  Meade  ordered  all  the  troops  up  at  once  and  arrived  on 
the  field  in  person  shortly  after  midnight.  Now,  if  General  Meade 
did  not  select  the  site  for  that  battle,  who  did?  Surely,  no  one  will 
argue  but  that  as  General  Commanding  he  could,  after  the  first  day's 
fight,  have  withdrawn  the  army  to  Pipe  Creek  or  elsewhere,  if  he  so 
chose,  and  fought  his  battle.  Meade' s  instructions  to  Hancock  cannot 
be  mistaken  or  misunderstood,  read  them  as  we  will.  He  said,  "If 
you  think  the  ground  and  position  (at  Gettysburg)  a  better  one  on 
which  to  fight  a  battle  *  *  *  so  advise  me,  and  I  will  order  all 
the  troops  up."  If  he  had  not  intended  to  give  battle  to  the 
enemy,  wherever  he  found  him,  with  advantages  always  in  our  favor, 
wouldn't  he  have  ordered  a  retreat,  even  after  Hancock's  report,  and 
fought  on  ground  of  his  own  selection  ?  Most  assuredly. 

Meade  intended  to  fight,  not  retreat  ;  and  he  fought  with  results 
well  known  to  us  all.  And  the  future  historian,  in  reviewing  the  many 
battles  of  the  Rebellion,  and  the  soldiers  that  participated  therein, 
will,  I  feel  satisfied,  accord  to  General  Meade  the  full  merit  and  praise 
that  he  earned,  and  to  which  he  is  so  justly  entitled. 

I  have  always  believed  that  Divine  Providence  had  much  to  do 
with  the  selection  of  General  Meade  as  our  commander  at  that  battle. 
We  could  have  afforded  and  did  suffer  reverses  in  many  of  our  other 
battles  without  serious  effect,  but  supposing  we  had  been  defeated 
there  !  then  what? 

I  have  no  words  of  condemnation  or  censure,  nor  do  I  say  it  in  a 
spirit  of  fault-finding,  but  I  think  a  mistake  was  made  in  not  naming 
General  Meade  for  the  Lieutenant-Generalship.  I  don't  say  this  out  of 
any  disrespect,  or  to  detract  from  the  laurels  of  the  soldier  that  was 
named  for  that  position — for  I  consider  him  one  of  the  ablest  of  our 
generals.  That  Meade  was  a  great  and  safe  soldier,  thoroughly  effi 
cient  and  competent  in  every  respect,  was  attested  to  by  General 
Grant  himself,  in  retaining  him  as  Commander  of  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac.  He  ably  aided  and  seconded  Grant  in  his  plans  and  cam 
paigns,  which  culminated  in  the  defeat  of  Lee's  army,  and  the  over 
throw  of  the  Rebellion  ;  and  if  he  had  not  been  a  true  soldier, 
Grant  would  not  have  tolerated  him  for  a  moment.  And  the  strongest 
argument  that  I  can  make  in  support  of  my  assertion  of  the  slight  put 
upon  Meade,  is  this  action  of  Grant's  in  retaining  him  in  command  of 
our  army,  as  he  did. 

After  a  while,  those  who  follow  after  us  will  write  a  correct  history 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY. 


347 


of  our  deeds,  without  fear,  favor  or  affection  and  without  passion  or 
prejudice.  Then  I  am  satisfied  that  full  justice  will  be  done  the  name 
of  General  Meade,  and  his  name  will  stand  out  boldly  in  the  front 
rank  with  the  other  heroes  of  the  Union  armies  that  took  part  in  the 
war  of  the  Rebellion. 

The  gatherings  of  old  soldiers,  on  old  battlefields,  should  be 
encouraged,  not  only  by  the  sol 
diers  \vho  took  part  in  them,  but 
by  the  people  at  large,  as  they 
serve  to  keep  alive  the  old  fraternal 
feelings  between  old  comrades  in 
arms,  and  stimulate  the  rising  gen 
eration  to  emulate  the  example  of 
their  sires,  and  fosters  and  kindles 
in  the  breast  of  the  young  a  proper 
spirit  of  patriotism  and  love  of 
country  ;  so  that  in  the  future, 
should  our  country' s  life  ever  again 
be  imperilled,  they  will  spring  to 
her  defense  with  the  same  spirit 
and  as  gallantly  as  did  their  fathers 
before  them. 

Comrades,  some  of  us  who 
met  here  upon  this  occasion  may, 
perhaps,  never  attend  such  another  gathering.  We  are  getting  old  and 
others  must  take  our  places.  Let  our  actions  be  such  that  we  would 
have  our  children  emulate  them.  Let  us  do  no  act  or  say  one  word 
the  recital  of  which  would  wound  the  feelings  of  others,  or  cause  pain 
to  ourselves.  Let  our  everyday  lives  be  living  examples  of  probity, 
honor  and  rectitude  for  our  children  and  our  children's  children. 

Comrades,!  am  done.  That  God,  in  His  infinite  wisdom,  may 
guide  us  all  in  the  future  as  He  has  in  the  past,  is  my  earnest  prayer. 
Good  night! 


WILLIAM  A.  FOWLER, 
Co.  A. 


SUE'S  WEDDING. 

READ  AT  CAMP-FIRE  BY  MASTER  EDDIE  CRAIG,  OF  ALLEGHENY  CITY,  PA. 


Sue  ought  to  have  been  married  a  long  time  ago.  That's  what 
everybody  says  who  knows  her.  She  has  been  engaged  to  Mr. 
Travers  for  over  three  years,  and  has  had  to  refuse  lots  of  offers  to  go 
to  circuses  with  other  young  men. 

I  have  wanted  her  to  get  married  so  that  I  could  live  with  her  and 
Mr.  Travers,  and  when  I  think  if  it  hadn't  been  for  a  mistake  I  made 


348  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD    REGIMENT 

yesterday,  she  would  have  been  married,  I  feel  it  awfully  hard  to  be 
resigned,  but  we  should  always  be  resigned  to  anything  we  can't 
help. 

Before  I  go  any  further,  I  want  to  tell  you  about  my  printing- 
press.  It  did  belong  to  Tom  Maginness,  but  he  got  tired  of  it  and  let 
me  have  it  real  cheap.  He  was  going  to  get  it  exchanged  for  a  bicycle, 
a  St.  Bernard  dog  and  twelve  good  books,  but  he  finally  consented  to 
let  me  have  it  for  $1.50.  It  prints  beautifully,  and  I  have  made  $3.75 
already,  printing  cards  for  the  neighbors. 

I  thought  Tom  and  I  might  have  a  show  some  time,  so  I  sent  to 
town  and  bought  some  yellow  paper,  and  some  type,  more  than  an 
inch  high. 

It  was  decided  that  Sue  would  be  married  next  week,  and  you 
should  have  seen  the  state  of  mind  her  and  mother  were  in.  They  did 
nothing  but  sew  and  buy  clothes  and  talk  about  the  wedding  all  day 
long.  Sue  said  she  wanted  to  be  married  in  the  church,  and  have 
bridesmaids  and  flowers  and  music  till  you  couldn't  rest,  and  the  only 
thing  that  troubled  her  was  who  to  invite.  Mother  wanted  her  to  in 
vite  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McFadden  and  the  seven  McFadden  girls;  but  Sue 
said  they  had  insulted  her,  and  she  couldn't  bear  the  idea  of  inviting 
the  McFadden  tribe.  All  agreed  that  old  Mr.  Wilkinson,  who  came 
to  a  party  at  our  house  with  one  shoe  and  one  slipper  on,  could  not  be 
invited,  but  that  all  others  who  were  on  good  terms  with  the  family 
should  have  an  invitation. 

Sue  counted  up  all  she  meant  to  invite,  and  there  were  nearly  three 
hundred  of  them;  and  the  worst  of  it  was  that  Sue  said  I  must  deliver 
all  the  invitations  myself.  Now,  you  see,  I  couldn't  do  that  without 
losing  time,  which  is  always  valuable;  so  I  thought  of  a  plan  which 
would  save  Sue  the  trouble  of  addressing  three  hundred  invitations, 
and  the  trouble  of  delivering  them. 

I  got  to  work,  with  my  printing-press,  and  printed  a  dozen 
splendid  big  bills  about  the  wedding.  Then  I  cut  some  pictures  of 
animals  and  ladies  on  horses  out  of  some  old  circus  bills  I  had  and 
pasted  them  around  the  edge.  That  night  I  made  some  paste  in  an 
old  tin  pail  and  went  out  and  pasted  the  bills  in  good  places,  all  over 
the  town. 

The  next  day  father  came  in,  looking  very  stern,  with  one  of  the 
wedding  bills  in  his  hand.  He  handed  it  to  Sue,  and  said,  "Susan, 
what  does  this  mean  ?  These  bills  are  pasted  all  over  the  town,  and 
crowds  of  people  are  reading  them."  Sue  read  it,  gave  a  shriek,  and 
fainted  away,  and  I  went  down  to  the  post-office  to  see  if  there  was  any 
mail  there.  This  was  what  was  on  the  wedding  bills,  and  I  am  sure  it 
was  spelled  all  right  : 


23o   P.  V.  CAMP   GRAHAM, 
Company  Street  During  the  Festival  \Veek-i86i. 


349 


350  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 

MISS  SUSAN  BROWN 
announces  that  she  will  marry 

MR.   JAMES  TRAVERS, 

at  the  church,  on  Thursday,  at  7  o'clock. 

All  the  friends  of  the  family 

with  the  exception  of 
the  McFadden  tribe  and  old  Mr.   Wilkinson 

are  invited. 
Come  early  and  bring  Lots  of  Flowers. 

Now,  what's  wrong  about  that?  I'm  sure  it  was  all  spelled  right, 
with  the  exception  of  the  name  of  the  church,  and  I  didn't  put  that 
in  because  I  wasn't  sure  how  to  spell  it. 

Any  other  girl  but  Sue  would  have  been  grateful  and  thanked  me 
for  my  trouble;  but  she  began  to  cry,  and  said  that  she  would  go  to 
New  York  to  be  married,  for  she  couldn't  be  married  in  town  after 
that  boy's  dreadful  conduct. 

The  worst  of  it  is,  that  I  am  to  be  sent  to  a  boarding-school  ; 
and  all  because  I  pasted  up  a  few  bills  without  first  asking  my  sister 
how  she  wanted  them  printed. 


Telegram  to  GENERAL  PHILIP  SHERIDAN. 

The  boys  did  riot  forget  their  loved  "Chief"  amid  the  festivities, 
and  wired  the  following  telegram  to  his  sick-chamber  : 

GETTYSBURG,  June  i3th,  1888. 
Colonel  MIKE  SHERIDAN, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Shaler's  Brigade,  of  the  old  Sixth  Corps,  in  Reunion  on  the 
Gettysburg  Battlefield,  tender  their  kind  regards  and  heartfelt  sym 
pathy  to  their  old  commander,  General  Sheridan. 

WM.  J.  WRAY,  Secretary. 


Letter  from  Major  J.  B.  DAVIS,  i22d  New  York  Volunteers. 

HOT  SPRINGS,  ARK.,  June  6th,  1888. 
My  Dear  Comrade.  : 

I  sent  you  a  telegram  a  few  days  ago,  that  I  could  not  come  to 
join  with  my  old  associates  and  discharge  the  duty  assigned  to  me  in 
the  dedicatory  exercises  at  Gettysburg.  It  was  the  hardest  task  I  ever 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


351 


had  imposed  upon  me,  and  nothing  but  my  weakened  physical  condi 
tion  prevented  me  from  going.  I  so  long  to  be  with  you  on  that  occa 
sion  and  to  see,  perhaps  for  the  last  time,  some  of  the  dear  old 
"  twosters  "  who  were  with  me  in  that  fight  !  But  I  shall  not  see  them. 
I  shall  not  grasp  their  friendly 
hands  nor  look  into  their  kindly 
faces  again  on  earth.  It  may  be, 
if  my  health  is  regained,  that  I 
shall  be  able  to  see  you,  or  some 
of  you,  at  least,  at  the  annual  Re 
union  on  August  28th — but  this 
is  in  the  future. 

I  shall  be  with  you  in  spirit  in 
all  your  gatherings,  and  go 
through  your  exercises,  enjoy  your 
sallies  of  wit  and  songs  of  mirth, 
and  I  desire  to  have  you  to  say  to 
all  the  members  of  my  old  regi 
ment  especially,  and  to  all  in  the 
regiment  who  remember  me,  that 
my  heart  just  shakes  hands  with  GOTTLIEB  STAIGER, 

them  all.     The  years  glide  by  and  Corporal  GO.  c. 

the  last  roll-call  will  soon  come  to  each  one  of  us.  May  your  meeting 
be  a  grand  success.  I  hope  our  monument  stands  on  that  big  rock 
where  the  ravine  begins.  Please  send  me  a  map  of  the  ground — a 
rough  sketch,  showing  it  all,  with  location  of  monument.  Oh  !  I 
regret  that  I  cannot  be  with  you  on  this  grand  occasion.  It  seems  I 
must  go  !  but  there  is  no  use.  I  am  so  weary — I  yield  to  the  call  for 
rest.  God  bless  all  my  dear  old  comrades.  Fraternally  yours, 
A.  H.  HUBBS,  J.  B.  DAVIS. 

President  Survivors'  Association,  i22d  N.  Y.  Vols. 


RESOLUTION  BY  THE  LADIES. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  ladies  who  attended  the  Reunion,  in  the  par 
lors  of  the  Eagle  Hotel,  on  Wednesday  evening,  Mrs.  General  Shaler 
presiding,  the  following  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  we  unite  in  most  heartfelt  thanks  our  appreciation 
of  the  many  courtesies  extended  to  us  by  the  survivors  of  Shaler' s  Bri 
gade  and  their  friends,  which  have  made  our  visit  with  you,  in  your 
Monumental  Dedication  and  Reunion  occasion,  such  a  pleasant  and 
happy  event.  MRS.  GENERAL  SHALER,  President, 

MISS  EMMA  WRAY,   Secretary, 
MRS.   J.    MOFFITT,   Assistant  Secretary. 


352  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


REUNION   CLIPPINGS 


THe      Fayetteville      "Recorder,"       of      New    YorK,       "TrutH," 

"  Gofnpiler,"    "  Star"    and    "  Sentinel,"    of    Gettysburg, 

and    Individual    Contributors. 

The  editor  of  The  Truth,  in  getting  out  an  extra  edition, 
showed  considerable  enterprise.  The  report  was  quite  a  re 
view  of  the  Reunion.  We  congratulate  such  energy. 

The  Compiler  and  the  Star  and  Sentinel,  of  Gettysburg, 
gave  a  very  interesting,  readable  account  of  the  Reunion. 

The  Eagle,  McClellan,  City  and  Globe  Inn,  at  Gettys 
burg,  were  used  as  the  headquarters  of  the  several  commands. 
All  report  the  accommodations  par  excellence. 

On  the  arrival  of  the  train  bringing  General  Shaler,  the 
following  additional  friends  of  the  i22d  joined  the  party: 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  M.  Slauson,  Miss  Slauson,  Miss  Nellie 
Slauson,  Miss  Carpenter  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  P.  M.  Wilson,  of 
New  York  City,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Heintz  and  Mr.  J.  L.  Loomis, 
of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  Mrs.  Guy  Moses,  Miss  Gaylord  and 
Mr.  Z.  Moses,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

The  efficient  services  rendered  by  the  Committee  having 
charge  of  the  selection  and  location  of  the  monument  of  the 
i22d  New  York  and  the  arrangements  for  the  excursion,  and 
especially  the  zeal  and  efficiency  of  Colonel  O.  V.  Tracy,  who 
devoted  his  services  and  money  freely  to  promote  the  under 
taking,  are  gratefully  remembered  by  the  comrades,  who  de 
sire  us  to  give  expression  to  this  feeling. 

Colonel  John  F.  Glenn,  of  Philadelphia,  the  Grand  Con 
ductor  of  the  Ball,  knows  when  he  has  good  music,  and  quick 
ly  decided  to  swap  bands,  in  order  that  the  dancers  could 
enjoy  the  maze. 

The  I22d  New  York  were  drawn  up  in  line  on  arrival  of 
the  other  regiments  of  the  brigade,  under  the  command  of 
Colonel  Silas  Titus,  and  as  the  column  passed  by,  with  ladies 
on  their  arms  and  gripsack  in  hand,  gave  them  a  marching 
salute. 


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353 


Captain  R.  H.  Moses,  of  New  York  City,  who  has  acted 
as  the  representative  of  the  i22d  on  the  committee  of  arrange 
ments  for  the  brigade  Reunion,  devoted  much  time  to  the 
affair,  earning  the  congratulations  of  his  comrades  for  the  suc 
cessful  result.  His  interest  in  the  old  regiment  and  all  that 
concerns  it  seems  to  increase  with  the  advance  of  time. 

Two  new  faces,  which  have  been  missing  from  our  annual 
reunions,  were  seen  at  Gettysburg,  and  the  cordial  welcome 
they  received  must  convince  them  that  the  fraternal  feelings 
engendered  by  the  experiences  of  army  life  grow  stronger  as 
years  go  by.  We  refer  to  Captain  Lucius  Moses  and  Ser 
geant  Charles  Eldridge. 

William  J.  Wray,  the  efficient  Secretary  of  the  Brigade 
Association,  was  the  leading  spirit  of  the  Reunion,  and 
the  success  of  the  reunion  is  largely  due  to  his  efforts,  both 
in  the  work  of  preparation  and  in  the  subsequent  supervision 
of  the  same.  The  i22d  boys  were  shown  many  favors  by 
him  and  his  associates,  which 
they  will  remember  with  grati 
tude. 

The  popular  President  of 
the  82d  Pennsylvania  Asso 
ciation,  Colonel  John  M. 
Wetherill,  of  Pottsville,  and 
their  energetic  Secretary,  Wil 
liam  H.  Redheffer,  of  Phila 
delphia,  were  each  presented 
with  a  handsome  Sixth  Corps 
badge  —  red  enamel,  with 
words,  "82d  P.  V."— by  the 
Survivors'  Association,  82d 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers ;  a 
most  deserving  tribute,  as 
both  worked  very  hard  in 
their  efforts  to  make  the  Re 
union  a  success.  • 

General  Shaler  must  have  been  touched  with  the  hearty 
reception  accorded  him  by  the  members  of  his  old  command. 
Every  mention  of  his  name  was  greeted  with  hearty  cheers, 
and  whenever  he  appeared  he  was  tendered  a  perfect  ova- 


ROBT.  C.  NEWBURG, 
Sergt.-Major  ist  Battalion,  ist  New  Jersey- 
Cavalry.     Co.  B  23d  P.  V. 
Three  months'  service. 


354  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


tion.  He  will  always  be  regarded  with  respect  and  esteem 
by  the  veterans  of  his  old  brigade,  who  always  admired 
and  trusted  him.  He  was  to  them  an  ideal  hero  and  com 
mander. 

The  members  of  the  i22d  were,  during  their  stay  at  Get 
tysburg,  the  recipients  of  many  courtesies  and  attentions  from 
the  23d  Pennsylvania,  which  they  desire  to  gratefully  acknowl 
edge. 

It  was  indeed  a  very  happy  thought  of  General  Shaler  to 
suggest  a  Reunion  of  the  old  Brigade,  and  the  spirit  in  which 
the  reorganization  of  the  old  commands  began  demonstrated 
how  strong  the  ties  of  comradeship  existed  these  many  years  ; 
for,  within  ten  months  after  the  call  was  sounded,  the  com 
rades  were  brought  into  their  several  regimental  associa 
tions.  Many  were  found  residing  in  nearly  all  the  States,  and 
on  June  i2th,  the  monuments  were  erected,  ready  for  the  dedi 
cation. 

The  elements  were  even  with  us  in  the  celebration, 
as  three  more  desirable  days  could  not  have  been  selected 
if  the  committee  had  been  given  the  entire  calendar  to  choose 
from. 

It  was  a  great  disappointment  to  all  who  were  present 
at  the  Reunion,  that  Major  J.  B.  Davis,  of  the  i22d,  who 
was  severely  wounded  at  Gulp's  Hill,  was  unable  to  come 
on  account  of  illness.  How  sadly  disappointed  the  Major 
was  himself  is  told  in  his  letter,  which  we  take  great  pleasure 
in  publishing. 

Colonel  John  F.  Glenn,  of  the  23d  Pennsylvania  Volun 
teers,  with  about  fifty  of  the  survivors  of  the  regiment  with 
their  wives,  on  Wednesday  made  a  special  tour  of  five  hours 
over  the  battle  field,  under  the  guidance  of  that  popular 
and  efficient  guide,  Captain  James  T.  Long,  who  gave  them 
a  general  description  of  the  three  days'  battle  from  three  dif 
ferent  points,  namely,  Cemetery  Hill,  Round  Top  and  the 
Bloody  Angle. 

Among  the  visitors  that  we  met  in  Gettysburg  this  week 
were  H.  Willis  Bland,  Esq.,  a  well-known  Reading  lawyer, 
and  a  member  of  the  82d  Pennsylvania  Regiment,  and  Mr. 
J.  C.  Aitken,  of  Philadelphia. 


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355 


A  party  of  eight,  belonging  to  the  Reunion  visitors,  met 
with  an  accident  that  might  have  been  serious,  on  Wednesday 
evening,  while  returning  from  a  trip  over  the  field.  As  the 
two-horse  vehicle  in  which  they  were  seated  arrived  on  the 
top  of  Baltimore  Hill,  the  right 
hand  spindle  on  the  rear  axle 
broke.  Down  went  the  con 
veyance,  turning  completely 
over,  and  throwing  all  the  oc 
cupants  out  on  the  street. 
Strange  to  say,  all  escaped  un 
hurt,  with  the  exception  of 
one,  whose  shoulder  was  pain 
fully  bruised.  The  latter  was 
Comrade  George  Slaysman, 
a  member  of  the  23d  Pennsyl 
vania  Regiment. 

General  Shaler  and  his 
party  arrived  here  on  Tuesday 
afternoon  He  was  accom 
panied  by  his  wife,  Colonel 
William  DeC.  Boughton,  Major  C.  H.  Tucker  and  Colonel  John 
B.  Woodruff,  of  New  York  ;  Colonel  John  Oakey,  of  Brooklyn, 
ex-District  Attorney  of  Kings  County  ;  Colonel  Samuel 
Truesdell  and  Samuel  Truesdell,  Jr.,  of  Brooklyn  ;  Colonel 
G.  W.  Ford,  Mrs.  Matthew  Shaler,  Mrs.  Colonel  Jussen  and 
Mrs.  Fred  Grow.  On  their  way  here  the  party  spent  Monday 
night  at  the  Continental  Hotel,  in  Philadelphia,  and  a  mem 
ber  of  the  old  brigade  staff  said  to  a  reporter  of  the  Times, 
of  that  city  :  "  We  thought  we  would  go  up  to  Gettysburg  a 
little  ahead  of  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  battle,  which 
occurs  next  month,  and  have  a  little  Reunion  before  the 
crowd  gets  there.  The  Reunion  will  take  place  on  the  field. 
There  will  be  between  forty  and  fifty  thousand  people  at  Get 
tysburg  on  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  battle,  and  there 
wouldn't  be  much  room  for  us  to  hold  a  Reunion  there  on 
account  of  the  crowds." 

After  leaving  Harrisburg,  while  on  his  way  to  Gettysburg, 
on  Tuesday,  with  the  Survivors  of  Shaler's  Brigade,  Mr. 
George  Dougherty,  of  Philadelphia,  a  member  of  the  23d 


WM.  H,  BANTOM, 
Co.  G. 


356  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 

Pennsylvania  Regiment,  met  with  a  rather  serious  mishap. 
One  of  his  comrades  tripped  over  a  box  in  the  lunch  car, 
where  there  were  no  seats,  and  was  thrown  against  a  win 
dow,  chis  elbow  going  through  the  glass.  In  his  fall  he  also 
struck  Mr.  Dougherty,  and  the  latter  was  thrown  back 
against  the  broken  glass,  cutting  an  artery  in  the  neighborhood 
of  his  collar  bone.  The  profuse  bleeding  was  stopped  by 
compression,  the  injured  man's  comrades  taking  turns  in 
holding  their  thumbs  on  the  orifice  with  a  compressed 
handkerchief.  Dr.  Roller,  the  old  surgeon  of  the  regiment, 
was  on  the  train,  and  he  telegraphed  from  one  of  the  way 
stations  to  Dr.  T.  T.  Tate,  of  this  place,  asking  him  to  be  in 
readiness  on  the  arrival  of  the  train.  Dr.  Tate  did  so,  and 
took  Mr.  Dougherty  under  his  charge,  administering  the  nec 
essary  surgical  attention,  the  injured  man  was  able  to  be  out 
again  on  Wednesday. 

The  Commissary  Gang  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers  captured  quite  a  squad  of  the  Eighty-second  at  the 
Vineyards.  After  cracking  several  botts  of  grape-juice,  they 
were  paroled  and  went  on  their  way  rejoicing. 

Professor  William  Malcolm,  of  Philadelphia,  the  minerolo- 
gist,  brought  home  several  specimens  for  his  cabinet.  Prof. 
Sheely,  of  Gettysburg  College,  gave  an  exhibition  of  his  valu 
able  collection.  We  tried  bricks  and  cobble-stones  on  Male, 
but  he  knew  them  on  sight. 

The  flag  used  to  veil  the  One-Hundred-and-Twenty-second 
monument  was  loaned  for  the  occasion  by  Mrs.  O.  V.  Tracy, 
who  cherishes  it  as  a  valued  relic  of  her  lamented  father.  The 
flag  was  presented  by  the  War  Department  to  Hon.  Charles 
B.  Sedgwick,  then  Onondaga's  representative  in  Congress  and 
Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Naval  Affairs.  Mrs.  Tracy 
was  also  a  cousin  of  our  beloved  commander,  General  John 
Sedgwick. 

Secretary  William  J.  Wray,  of  Shaler's  Brigade,  is  a  courte 
ous  gentleman  to  whose  efforts  much  of  the  Reunion's  success 
was  due.  He  labored  early  and  late  in  its  interest,  but  not 
without  results  that  he  may  well  feel  proud  of.  He  was  pre 
sented,  while  here,  with  a  gold  pin  in  the  shape  of  a  Sixth 
Corps  badge,  with  the  name  of  his  regiment,  the  Twenty-third 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  inscribed  thereon. 


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357 


The  Camp- Fire  was  one  of  the  happy  events  of  the  occa 
sion.  The  old  Court  House  was  never  so  crowded  before  with 
so  many  cheerful  faces,  made  so  by  the  laughable  incidents 
and  enjoyments  of  the  talent  dispensed,  each  of  the  commands 
contributing  its  best  to  entertain. 

The  dedication  was  complete  in  all  its  details.  The  march 
to  the  ground  in  organization,  the  great  crowds  of  townspeople 
in  attendance,  the  historical  and  eloquent  addresses  at  each  of 
the  monument  dedications,  with  the  other  impressive  and  ap 
propriate  ceremonies,  was  the  crowning  feature  of  the  celebra 
tion — highly  creditable  to  the  brigade. 

Captain  Moses'  contingent,  of  the  One-Hundred-and- 
Twenty-second,  came  in  from  New  York  City  and  Washing 
ton,  and  were  a  pleasant  party  of  ladies  and  gentlemen  ;  among 
the  number  being  the  Captain's  mother  and  Mr.  Slauson,  his 
business  partner. 

The  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania's  hospitable  supplies  were 
inexhaustible  ;    lunch,    cigars,   etc.,    were    continually  passed 
through  the  train,  going  and  returning,  as  well  as  at  the  Camp- 
Fire  and  its  Ball.     In  fact,  at 
all  times  the  cry  was,  "  Come 
and  help  yourself,"  and  if  you 
didn't,  the  Commissary  would 
help  you. 

We  met  General  Shaler, 
with  the  ladies  of  his  party,  at 
the  Vineyards.  The  cool,  un- 
fermented  wine  was  quite  re 
freshing. 

The  only  regret  of  the  trip 
was  the  absence  of  the  First 
Long  Island.  May  they  so  ar 
range  as  to  join  with  us  on  all 
future  occasions. 

John  M.  Huber,  Esq.,  the 
druggist,  of  Gettysburg,  was  of 
valuable  assistance  in  looking  after  many  of  the  details  on  be 
half  of  the  brigade,  for  which  we  heartily  thank  him.  His 
brother  Frederick  was  killed  in  action,  at  F'air  Oaks,  while 
serving  as  ist  Sergeant,  F  Company,  Twenty-third  Pennsyl- 


JOHN   McCABE. 
Corporal  Co.  C. 


358  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 

vania,  being  the  first  Union  soldier  from  Gettysburg  killed  in 
the  war. 

The  thanks  of  the  brigade  are  tendered  the  Rev.  H.  W. 
McKnight,  President  of  the  Gettysburg  College,  for  his  ser 
vices  as  Chaplain  at  the  Dedications.  He  had  the  honor  to 
serve  in  the  One-Hundred-and-Thirty-ninth  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers — one  of  the  old  Sixth  Corps  regiments. 

The  badges  worn  during  the  Reunion  were  neat  and  ap 
propriate  ;  that  of  the  survivors  being  red  silken  ribbon,  with 
blue  Greek  cross,  designating  the  old  Third  Division,  which 
the  Brigade  served  in,  inscribed :  "  Survivors  of  the  (each 
command  having  its  own  designation),  Shaler's  Brigade  Re 
union,  Gettysburg,  1863-1888."  The  friends'  were  of  white 
silken  ribbon,  with  the  same  inscription,  with  the  words 
"  Friends,"  in  place  of  "  Survivors." 

Gettysburg  Battlefield  we  found  so  well  preserved  as  to 
scarcely  need  the  services  of  a  guide,  the  Battlefield  Associa 
tion  having  laid  out  roads  along  the  entire  lines,  with  sign 
boards  denoting  the  positions.  Over  two  hundred  monuments 
have  been  erected  on  positions  occupied  by  troops  in  the 
action.  All  are  original  works  of  art ;  many  of  unique  and 
beautiful  design.  One  would  think,  who  has  never  visited  the 
field,  that  with  all  these  monuments  it  would  have  the  sem 
blance  of  a  graveyard.  Far  from  it,  as  it  takes  miles  of  driving 
to  get  around  to  view  them. 

Whitey  Williams,  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania 
"  Commissary,"  found  time  with  all  his  duties  to  act  as  the 
Good  Samaritan  in  conveying  Comrade  Dougherty,  who  was 
injured  on  the  train,  to  the  hotel.  By  reason  of  the  horses 
running  away,  he  now  wears  a  bran  new  pair  of  pants. 

Colonel  John  Oakey,  of  Brooklyn,  and  Colonel  George 
W.  Ford,  of  Connecticut,  were  the  most  venerable  veterans  on 
the  trip,  and  seemed  to  enjoy  the  occasion  quite  as  well  as  did 
the  "  youngsters." 

The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  sent  W.  C.  Diefenderfer,  Esq., 
their  representative,  with  the  special  from  Philadelphia,  with 
orders  to  remain  with  the  paity  until  their  return — something 
unusual.  So  comfort  and  convenience  was  assured. 


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Secretary  George  Gilbert,  of  the  One-Hundred  and-Twen- 
ty-second,  worked  hard,  looking  after  the  comfort  of  the 
"  Twosters,"  and  was  doubly  repaid  in  the  consolation  that 
everybody  was  pleased. 

The  Official  Visitations  to  the  Fields  of  the  First,  Second 
and  Third  Days  was  instruc 
tive  ;  graphically  described  in 
story  of  the  action  as  well  as 
in  the  many  hundreds  of 
monuments,  marking  the 
positions  occupied  by  the 
troops  participating.  The 
well-made  roads,  with  the 
lines  so  distinctly  marked, 
tells  of  the  good  work  per 
formed  by  the  Battlefield  As 
sociation,  in  the  preservation 
of  the  Mecca  of  the  War. 

To  all  those  on  the  trip 
we  congratulate,  as  to  their 
presence,  dignity,  sociability 
and  good  behavior,  which 
made  our  first  Reunion  such  a  grand  success  and  so  happy 
an  event. 

Captain  O'Brien,  of  the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  with 
his  two  stalwart  sons,  said  the  occasion  was  the  happiest  day 
of  his  life.  He  don't  seem  to  have  lost  any  of  the  sunshine  of 
life,  "  old  as  he  is." 

Colonel  William  J.  Wallace,  of  the  Twenty-second,  is  the 
same  old  Bill  Wallace,  of  army  days.  He  and  his  good  wife 
took  in  all  the  enjoyments  of  the  trip. 

The  Fayetteville  Recorder,  of  New  York,  gave  a  very  reada 
ble  detail  of  the  Reunion,  occupying  several  columns  of  their 
paper,  during  three  weekly  editions.  Brevet-Major  A.  W. 
Wilkin,  the  editor,  was  on  the  trip,  enjoying  himself,  as  well 
as  taking  notes  of  all  that  was  going  on. 

Dr.  Knapp,  of  the  One-Hundred  and-Twenty-second,  after 
trying  in  vain  to  follow  Captain  Ostrander  (who  lost  his  leg  in 


CHAS.  DONAHUE, 
Co.  G. 


360  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


the  Wilderness,)  over  the  field,  dubbed  him  the  "  One  legged 
antelope." 

The  Birney  Zouave  Statue  that  surmounts  the  Twenty- 
third  Pennsylvania  Monument  was  designed  by  John  Fergur- 
son,  the  proprietor  of  the  Philadelphia  Granite  Works.  It  was 
modeled  in  clay  by  John  Walz,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia,  a  pupil 
of  Prof.  Wiley,  late  of  the  Academy  of  Fine  Arts,  of  Philadel 
phia,  and  of  Professor  Milley,  of  Paris.  It  represents  a  youthful 
soldier  of  nineteen  years  of  age — the  average  age  of  the  men 
of  the  regiment  in  1863.  The  designer  and  modeler  are  to  be 
congratulated  upon  the  artistic  and  unique  and  appropriate 
position  they  have  placed  the  figure.  It  is  quite  original  ; 
showing  the  soldier  grasping  his  piece  from  a  trail  arms — a 
reality — just  as  he  appeared  when  he  suddenly  received  the 
fire  of  the  enemy. 

George  Dougherty's  body  guard  from  Kensington  were  a 
jolly  set  and  enjoyed  the  occasion  very  much.  Our  friend 
Sam  Graves  was  of  the  party,  and  never  tired  trying  to  make 
everybody  happy. 

Colonel  Buehler,  of  Gettysburg,  the  Vice  President  of  the 
Battle-field  Association,  in  very  complimentary  terms  congratu 
lated  the  Brigade  visit  as  one  of  the  most  successful  and 
pleasant  that  came  to  the  old  town. 

The  boys  of  Corporal  Skelly  Post,  Gettysburg,  were 
around  at  all  times,  trying  to  make  the  visitors  feel  at  home. 
The  use  of  their  comfortable  Hall  was  tendered  us  should 
occasion  require,  for  which  we  return  thanks. 

Stout,  robust,  hale,  hearty  and  rosy  cheeks,  Levi  Albertson 
of  the  Twenty-third,  worked  and  perspired  in  dealing  around 
the  ball-room  the  refreshments,  and  seemed  to  enjoy  it ;  im 
bued  with  the  sentiment  of  us  all,  always  ready  to  assist  in 
making  everybody  pleased. 

At  the  Dedication  Grounds,  nearly  everybody  cut  a  cane, 
or  picked  up  some  relic  to  take  home  to  present  to  friends  for 
their  cabinets,  as  souvenirs  of  the  spot  where  the  Brigade  was 
engaged. 

William  Blanck,  Sr.,  one  of  the  oldest  comrades  of  the 
Twenty-third,  was  on  the  trip  with  his  aged  wife.  We  found 


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them  with  us  in  all  the  occasions  of  the  celebration,  notwith 
standing  the  fatigue  of  the  journey. 

The  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania  Monument  was  the  de 
sign  and  workmanship  of  John  Fergurson,  of  Philadelphia. 
The  bronze  coat-of-arms  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  on  the 
Twenty-third  and  Eighty-second  monuments,  was  cast  by 
Bureau  Brothers,  of  Philadelphia. 

Colonel  Wallace  and  Bill  Baker  took  charge  of  the  distri 
bution  of  the  programs  of  the  Ball.  They  say  the  next  time 
they  take  charge  of  such  work  it  will  be  by  orders  and  not  as 


THE  WHIRLIGIG— REACHING  EOR  PRIZES. 
Twenty-third  P.  V.  Camp,   1861. 

volunteers,  as  they  lost  nearly  all  their  buttons  in  their  desire 
to  "  just  give  me  another  one." 

We  found  both  the  Pennsylvania  and  New  York  Com 
missioners  in  charge  of  the  erection  of  monuments ;  pains 
taking,  exacting  and  true  to  their  trusts — for  which  we  add 
our  commendation  and  congratulations.  We  take  great 
pleasure  in  publishing  their  names. 


HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


PENNSYLVANIA  COMMISSIONERS. 

General  Jno.  P.  Taylor,  General  J.  P.  S.  Gobin,  Colonel 
John  P.  Nicholson,  Colonel  R.  Bruce  Ricketts,  Major  Samuel 
Harper. 

NEW  YORK  COMMISSIONERS. 

General  Daniel  E.  Sickles,  General  Henry  W.  Slocum, 
General  Joseph  B.  Carr,  General  Charles  A.  Richardson,  Gen 
eral  Josiah  Porter,  General  Charles  K.  Graham,  Major  George 
W.  Cooney. 

Many  of  the  comrades  of  the  Twenty-third  visited  the 
spot  beyond  the  Taneytown  Road,  in  the  rear  of  the  left  centre, 
where  Lieutenant  Joshua  Garsed,  one  of  their  most  efficient 
and  brave  officers,  was  killed  during  the  action  of  July  3d. 
His  brother,  H.  E.  Garsed,  Esq.,  of  the  Ninety-fifth  Pennsyl 
vania,  one  of  Philadelphia's  attorneys,  and  his  nephew,  we 
found  among  the  visitors. 

The  police  of  Gettysburg  were  well  pleased  with  the 
visitation,  as  during  the  celebration  they  had  no  occasion  to 
carry  anybody  off  to  the  guard-house.  We  thank  them  for 
the  police  regulations  at  the  Camp-Fire  and  Ball. 

A  contingent  of  the  Chasseurs,  Sixty-fifth  New  York, 
stopped  at  the  Springs  Hotel  and  enjoyed  the  medicinal  waters 
of  the  celebrated  Katasalyn  Springs.  We  gave  them  a  call 
on  the  visit  to  the  first  day's  action,  and  were  warmly  wel 
comed. 

THE   SIXTH    CORPS    BADGE. 

The  committee  of  arrangements  for  the  Reunion  at 
Gettysburg  have  prepared  an  elegant  badge,  to  be  worn  by 
the  survivors  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  New 
York,  and  a  separate  badge  for  the  friends  who  accompany 
them.  The  blue  Greek  cross  which  then  designated  the  di 
vision  of  the  Sixth  Corps  to  which  the  regiment  was  attached, 
forms  a  part  of  this  badge.  The  frequent  reorganizations 
made  necessary  by  the  heavy  casualties  of  the  campaigns 
under  Grant,  beginning  in  the  Wilderness,  while  not  separat 
ing  the  regiments  originally  Shaler's  Brigade,  caused  several 
changes  in  assignment  to  divisions  ;  and  the  One  Hundred 
and  Twenty-second  was  at  different  times  attached  to  the  First, 
Second  and  Third  Divisions  of  the  Sixth  Corps,  with  corres- 


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363 


ponding  changes  in  the  color  of  the  division  cross.  A 
"  Twoster  "  can,  therefore,  sport  a  red,  white  or  blue  cross,  as 
he  pleases.  His  regiment  never  dishonored  either  of  the  colors 
and  carried  itself  with  honor  in  all  the  prominent  engagements 
in  which  the  Army  of  the  Poto 
mac  participated,  from  Antie- 
tam  to  Appomattox,  and  in  ad 
dition  to  these  it  bore  a  promi 
nent  part  in  the  glories  of  the 
Valley  Campaign  under  Sher 
idan,  in  '64,  winning  laurels  at 
"Fort  Stevens,"  "  Winches 
ter,"  "  Fisher's  Hill"  and 
"  Cedar  Creek." 

Tipton,  the  Gettysburg 
photographer,  very  kindly 
furnished  gratis  the  photos  of 
the  several  cuts  in  this  book 
appertaining  to  Gettysburg 
field.  He  says  he  couldn't 
think  of  making  any  charge  for  anything  needed  in  the  publi 
cation. 

Nick  Wilson,  the  Superintendent  of  the  battlefield 
grounds,  we  found  to  be  a  genial  gentleman,  ready  to  accom 
modate  at  all  times.  He  wears  the  blue  cross  with  pride, 
having  served  in  the  Third  Division  of  the  Sixth  Corps. 

General  Shaler  brought  with  him,  in  honor  of  the  Re 
union,  the  old  Brigade  Headquarters  flag.  Comrade  William 
McEntee,  of  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York,  took  charge  of  it,  carry 
ing  it  on  all  occasions  of  the  celebration.  Mac  felt  highly 
honored  in  the  selection,  and  well  he  might  be,  as  the  old 
standard  led  the  Brigade  in  all  its  service. 

Sammy  McPheeters,  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
second,  on  his  way  from  Syracuse,  found  the  night  air  so 
chilly,  after  getting  into  Pennsylvania,  that  he  proposed  to  get 
out  and  make  a  fire  of  fence  rails.  Thanks  to  somebody,  the 
stoves  were  found  to  be  fully  supplied  with  fuel,  and  soon  the 
cars  were  made  comfortable.  So  Sammy  didn't  go  fence- 
railing. 


STEPHEN   PALMORE, 
ist  Sergeant  Co.  H. 


364  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


Captain  R.  H.  Moses,  of  New  York  City,  who  has  acted 
as  the  representative  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second 
on  the  committee  of  arrangements  for  the  Brigade  Reunion, 
has  devoted  much  time  to  the  affair,  and  is  to  be  congratulated 
by  his  comrades  for  the  successful  result  His  interest  in  the 
old  regiment,  and  all  that  concerns  it,  seems  to  increase  with 
the  advance  of  time.  We  are  greatly  indebted  to  him  for  in 
formation  furnished  from  time  to  time  in  the  preparation 
of  the  Veterans'  Column. 

The  mothers,  daughters  and  "  other  fellers'  sisters  "  on  the 
trip,  added  tone  and  dignity  to  the  occasion  ;  so  we  couldn't 
help  but  be  on  our  best  behaviour. 

Colonel  Glenn's  party,  consisting  of  his  wife,  two  daugh 
ters — Miss  M.  E.  and  Miss  H.  M.  Glenn — Mrs.  Bowers,  Mrs. 
Swartz,  John  Fox  and  wife,  John  Woodhead  and  wife,  George 
Boger  and  wife,  Alex.  Colville  and  wife,  Lambert  Cline  and 
wife,  Conrad  Cline  and  wife,  Samuel  Collins  and  wife,  John 
Callahan  and  wife,  Jos.  Jordan  and  wife,  Harry  Clayton  and 
wife,  Daniel  Engleman  and  wife,  James  Weldon  and  wife, 
Samuel  Cavin,  Jos.  Bartley,  J.  G.  Aitkin,  O.  G.  Aitkin  and 
Professor  McMichael,  were  a  most  social  crowd,  adding  much 
to  the  pleasure  of  the  occasion. 

Little  Johnnie  Johnson's  Brigade,  from  Philadelphia,  was 
with  us  in  forec,  in  light  infantry  order.  The  heavies  were  left 
back  to  guard  the  homestead. 

Captain  Dick  Lippincott  marshalled  the  Rancocas  con 
tingent  of  fourteen.  They  roomed  together,  a  most  social 
crowd.  We  found  the  squad  wherever  we  went,  enjoying  the 
occasion.  Dick  says  he  will  have  to  kill  some  of  them  off,  or 
they  will  soon  outnumber  the  survivors. 

Joe  White,  of  the  Twenty-third,  joined  the  column  at 
Gettysburg,  with  his  wife  and  daughter — Miss  Laura,  R.  Frank 
Walker,  wife  and  son,  Chas.  W.  Gibson,  wife  and  daughter — 
Miss  Pauline,  James  G.  Milliken,  wife  and  son — Clayton,  all  of 
Eastern  Maryland  ;  so  Maryland,  "  My  Maryland  "  was  repre 
sented  with  a  very  pleasant  party  of  our  friends.  They 
stopped  over  to  greet  the  Maryland  veterans  who  were  to 
dedicate  tablets. 


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365 


Comrade  Redheffer,  of  the  Eighty  second,  had  been  pre 
vailed  upon,  by  one  of  the  young  lady  attaches  of  the  City 
Hotel,  to  act  as  her  escort  to  the  Ball.  While  he  was  tem 
porarily  absent,  arranging  his  curly  locks  and  making  his 
toilet,  Captain  Williams  (82d),  having  previously  learned  of 
these  intentions,  ingratiated 
himself  into  the  good  graces 
of  the  aforesaid  young  lady, 
and  easily  persuaded  her  to 
cut  the  "  Corporal  "  and  ac 
cept  the  "Captain"  as  her  es 
cort.  When  Redheffer,  in  full 
feather,  returned,  and  learned 
what  had  been  done  in  his  ab 
sence,  he  was  a  little  put  out 
at  the  disappointment,  but 
solaced  himself  with  the  old 
adage  of  there  being  "as  good 
fish  in  the  sea  as  ever  were 
caught."  Being  apprised  that 
"  Grand  Pop  "  Cochrane  had 
promised  to  do  the  agreeable 
for  two  other  of  the  young 
ladies  of  the  hotel,  Bill  not  wanting  to  be  left  out  in  the  cold  en 
tirely,  called  upon  the  young  ladies  in  question  and  informed 
them  that  Dick  would  not  be  able  to  chaperon  them,  and,  in 
his  usual  suave  and  persuasive  manner,  induced  them  to  permit 
him  to  do  the  honors  ;  to  which  the  ladies  gladly  and  willingly 
assented,  and  the  "Corporal"  astonished  the  boys  of  the  Eighty- 
second  by  marching  into  the  ball-room,  escorting  the  two 
young  ladies.  Poor  Dick,  when  he  learned  of  the  trick  that 
had  been  so  successfully  played  on  him,  vowed  vengeance  on 
the  destroyer  of  his  happiness.  He  rushed  to  the  Rink, 
resolved  to  spill  the  Corporal's  gore.  He  entered  the  ball 
room,  with  blood  in  his  eyes  ;  but,  at  the  sight  of  so  much 
beauty,  he  became  completely  dazzled,  and  in  a  few  moments 
he  was  waltzing  around  the  room  with  one  of  the  City  belles, 
entirely  oblivious  to  all,  and  seemingly  very  happy  with  him 
self.  But  Dick  declared  that  the  next  time  he  makes  an 
engagement  to  act  as  escort  to  a  young  lady,  he  will  have  the 
Corporal  muzzled. 


JOHN   HENDERSON. 
Co.  E. 


366  HISTORY   OF  THE   TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


The  popular  Adjutant  of  the  Twenty-third,  Thomas  K. 
Boggs,  by  reason  of  a  severe  wound  received  in  action,  is 
now  an  invalid.  His  physician  would  not  permit  him  to 
attend  the  Reunion,  but  he  was  with  us  in  contribution  and 
spirit.  Many  inquiries  were  made  for  him  by  the  boys. 

To  all  the  survivors  of  the  Brigade  who  were  unable  to 
be  with  us  on  the  trip,  we  send  hearty  greetings,  and  hope 
they  will  answer  roll-call  at  the  next  Reunion. 

The  Brigade  Committee  issued  a  card  program,  to  con 
veniently  carry  in  the  vest  pocket,  containing  the  hour  of  each 
of  the  many  ceremonies  of  the  Reunion.  We  found  it 
quite  handy ;  saving  the  annoyance  of  hunting  up  the  Com 
mittee,  to  learn  "  what  next?" 

Secretary  Krauth,  of  the  Battlefield  Association,  very 
kindly  secured  from  the  town  authorities  the  use  of  the  Court 
House,  for  the  Camp-Fire.  This  gentleman  we  found  ready 
and  willing  at  all  times  to  assist,  and  we  thank  him  for  his 
many  attentions. 

The  newspapers  gave  very  extended  notices  of  our 
Brigade  celebration,  for  which  we  cordially  thank  them. 

Dr.  Roller,  of  Hollidaysburg,  don't  seem  to  age  fast.  From 
Surgeon  of  the  Twenty-third  he  became  one  of  the  distin 
guished  of  his  profession  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  He 
met  many  on  the  trip  whom  he  attended  their  wounds  on  the 
field.  The  boys  were  glad  to  greet  him. 

Colonel  Sam  Truesdell,  Secretary  of  the  Sixty-fifth,  with 
his  artificial  leg,  managed  to  get  around  to  participate  in  all 
the  events  of  the  occasion,  although  he  had  to  talk  in 
whispers — the  result  of  a  severe  cold  contracted  on  the  trip. 

The  old  Colonel  of  the  One-hundred-and-twenty-second, 
Colonel  Silas  Titus,  we  found  with  his  old  command,  looking 
hale  and  hearty  for  one  so  aged.  May  he  live  for  many, 
many  more  years  and  enjoy  the  pleasures  of  life. 

The  Complimentary  Ball  of  the  Twenty-third  was  a 
pleasing  ending  of  the  festivities  of  the  Reunion  ;  giving  the 
opportunity  of  all  mingling  in  the  pleasures  of  youthful  time, 
which  was  indeed  very  much  enjoyed  by  the  Brigade  people, 
as  well  as  those  of  Gettysburg's  invited. 


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The  hospitality  extended  by  all  the  commands  made 
everybody  feel  at  home,  and  it  was  the  expression  from  all 
that  in  the  near  future  the  Brigade  should  hold  another 
Reunion. 

Groups  of  the  survivors  around  the  monuments  and 
other  points  on  the  field  were  taken  by  the  photographers, 
Tipton  and  Mumford,  of  Gettysburg,  Rile  &  Co.,  of  Phila 
delphia. 

Shaler's  Brigade  monuments  are  on  the  top  of  a  slope  at 
Gulp's  Hill,  in  rear  of  the  line  of  works  they  occupied  during 
the  action  of  the  morning  of  the  third  day.  The  Battlefield 
Association,  in  arranging  the  positions,  laid  out  brigade  lines. 
Green's  Brigade,  Twelfth  Corps,  who  built  and  originally 
occupied  the  works,  are  placed  immediately  in  rear  of  the 
front  line.  Twenty  feet  back  is  Candy's  Brigade  line,  who 
relieved  them,  and  twenty  feet  further  back  is  Shaler's,  with 
the  exception  of  the  One-hundred-and-twenty-second  New 
York,  who  occupy  a  large  boulder  in  the  works — they  having 
secured  a  deed  for  the  position 
betore  that  portion  of  the  line 
was  purchased  by  the  Asso 
ciation. 

Of  the  forty  survivors  of 
the  One-hundred-and-twenty- 
second  New  York  Volunteers 
present,  three  had  each  lost  a 
leg,  three  each  an  arm,  and 
a  number  of  the  others  bore 
honorable  scars. 

The  audience  at  the 
Camp-Fire  were  very  enthus 
iastic,  catching  on  quickly  to 
all  that  wras  good.  It  was, 
indeed,  quite  an  honor  to  pre 
side  over  such  an  assembly,  so  full  of  distinction,  intelligence 
and  appreciation. 

What  stalwart  fellows  were  the  One-hundred-and-twenty- 
second  New  York.  It  must  be  a  fine  growing  country  up  in 
Onondaga  County  ;  we  shook  hands  with  several  of  the  boys 


THOS.  H.  MICHALS, 
Sergeant  Co.  H. 


368  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


over  six  feet.     Poole,  Gilbert  and  Hubbs,  as  a  combine,  would 
weigh  as  much  as  the  gallant  chargers  at  Balakava  numbered. 

Syracuse  was  well  represented  in  all  that  assisted  in  mak 
ing  the  Reunion  a  success.  Strong  in  numbers,  sociability, 
eloquence  and  deportment. 

For  the  compilation  of  this  book  and  the  other  honors 
bestowed  upon  the  Secretary,  he  gratefully  returns  his  thanks 
to  the  Brigade  Association. 

Mr.  W.  C.  Diefenderfer,  of  Philadelphia,  who  was  detailed 
as  the  representative  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Passenger 
Department  for  the  round  trip,  was  indefatigable  in  making 
all  the  railway  arrangements  as  comfortable  as  possible.  We 
found  him  quite  a  pleasant  gentleman,  who  seemed  to  enjoy 
the  trip. 

Captain  Thomas  McKean,  of  the  Eighty-second,  came  on 
from  Brooklyn,  and  was- warmly  welcomed  by  his  old  com 
rades,  whom  he  had  not  met  since  the  muster-out.  Although 
nearly  half  a  centennial  since  he  was  born,  he  don't  seem  to 
have  passed  the  thirties. 

The  following  are  the  crews  that  safely  carried  our  Special 
from  Philadelphia  to  Gettysburg  and  return,  and  we  shake 
them  warmly  by  the  hand. 

PENNSYLVANIA  RAILROAD — To  HARRISBURG. 

Conductor — Jas.  Sterling.  Baggage -Master — Jno.  M.  Mur 
phy.  Brakemen — Frank  Frenip,  Hayes  Speakman.  Engineer — 

B.  F.  Kennedy.      Fireman — Jno.  Cline. 

CUMBERLAND  VALLEY — HARRISBURG  To  GETTYSBURG. 

Conductor — E.  N.  Linthurst.  Brakeman — Lindsay  Reed. 
Baggage-Master — Jos.  Poulton.  Engineer — J.  L.  Talhelm.  Fire 
man — A.  Talhelm. 

On  the  home  trip  we  came  through  from  Harrisburg  to 
Philadelphia,  without  a  stop,  forty-five  minutes  ahead  of  time, 
in  charge  of 

Engineer — Samuel  Lilly — Fireman — M.  Kirk.     Conductor — 

C.  W.  Rowan.     Brakeman — Jas.  Thatcher  and  Geo.  Peterson, 

Colonel  Glenn,  of  the  Twenty-third,  said  he  intended  the 
trip  should  be  the  best  one  of  his  life.  Now  he's  happy,  as  he 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY. 


369 


not  only  got   his  wish,  but  succeeded   in   making  everybody 
have  a  share  in  just  such  a  claim. 

TWENTY-THIRD  PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEERS. 
The  Survivors'  Association,  on  Tuesday  evening  last, 
were  presented  with  marks  of  appreciation  of  their  hospitality 
during  their  Brigade  Gettysburg  Reunion,  from  the  Brigade 
Committee,  the  Eighty-second  Pennsylvania,  Sixty-fifth  New 
York  and  One-hundred-and-twenty-second  New  York.  As 
hosts  of  the  occasion,  they  were  glad  to  know  how  well  every 
body  was  pleased. 

General  Alexander  Shaler,  Chairman  of  the  Brigade  Com 
mittee,  wrote  a  very  complimentary  letter  of  thanks  in  behalf 
of  the  Committee  of  Arrange 
ments.  The  next  in  order  was 
the  reading  of  a  resolution  of 
thanks  from  the  Eighty-sec 
ond  Pennsylvania  Volunteers' 
Association.  A  letter  from  the 
Sixty-fifth  New  York  was  very 
expressive  of  thanks,  ending 
with  "  God  bless  the  old 
Twenty-third."  The  next  in  or 
der  was  a  handsomely  framed 
group  of  the  One-hundred- 
and-twenty-second  New  York 
survivors,  who  were  present  at 
Gettysburg,  accompanied  with 
an  elaborate  engrossed  framed 
lettter  of  resolutions. 

Then  followed  the  presentation  of  testimonials  to  Com 
rades  Wm.  H.  Bantom,  Gott.  Staiger,  Cranmer  Williams,  Geo. 
Dougherty  of  the  "  Commissary  Department,"  and  Captain 
Jas.  M.  Craig,  of  Allegheny  City,  who  worked  hard  to  make 
the  Reunion  a  success.  The  gifts  were  gold  badges,  in  cir 
cular  form,  embracing  the  Sixth  Corps  mark,  red  enamel  in 
centre,  with  the  words  "23d  P.  V."  on  the  top  scroll  and  "  '63 — 
Gettysburg — '88''  on  the  lower,  with  their  names  on  the  re 
verse  side.  Colonel  John  F.  Glenn,  the  President  of  their  As 
sociation,  was  then  presented  with  a  gold  Sixth  Corps  badge, 
in  two  colors,  red  and  blue,  representing  the  two  divisions 


ADEN   B.   MICKLE, 
Co.  H. 


370  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


which  the  regiment  had  served  in,  and  having  in  the  centre  a 
diamond  of  the  first  water,  flanked  with  the  words  "23d  P. 
V.;  "  on  the  reverse  side  was  inscribed:  "  From  the  boys  of  the 
23d  P.  V.,  to  Col.  Jno.  F.  Glenn."  The  presentation  speeches 
were  made  by  Secretary  Wray  and  were  feelingly  responded 
to  by  the  recipients.  At  the  close  of  the  meeting  all  hands, 
upon  the  invitation  of  Comrade  Bantom,  adjourned  to  his 
home  and  were  handsomely  entertained. 

While  the  Sixth  Corps  at  Gettysburg  were  on  the  reserve, 
they  were  close  up  to  the  front  line  in  support.  We  found  the 
Greek  cross  scattered  pretty  well  around  the  line ;  out  at  the 
extreme  right  and  left,  the  left  centre,  to  right  of  Little  Round 
Top,  Gulp's  Hill  and  Cemetery  Hill ;  all  under  fire,  ready  to 
go  in  as  opportunity  offered. 

Meade's  headquarters  we  found  to  have  been  changed  in 
appearance,  but  learned  the  Battlefield  Association  had  pur 
chased  the  old  house  and  would  restore  it  to  its  original  looks. 
Thanks  for  their  consideration. 

Johnny  Doyle,  with  his  squad  of  Pittsburg  friends,  stopped 
at  the  McClellan  House,  remaining  over  to  take  in  the  dedica 
tions,  and  then  took  a  flyer  to  New  York,  on  matters  con 
nected  with  the  next  Presidency  of  the  Nation. 

The  Eighty-second  brought  with  them  one  of  their  old 
drummer  boys,  R.  T.  Blaikie,  Point  of  Rocks,  Pa.,  who  gave 
us  all  the  Army  calls  en  route  on  the  train.  When  George 
Blanck,  of  the  Twenty-third,  heard  the  sheepskin  sounding,  he 
couldn't  resist  from  being  the  boy  again,  and  joined  the  corps 
at  once,  full  of  his  mischievous  pranks. 

The  Grand  March,  *'  Guard  the  Flag,"  played  at  the 
Twenty-third  Ball  and  Reception,  was  presented  by  the  com 
poser,  George  Vickers,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia,  with  his  compli 
ments. 

Comrade  McAlpin,  of  the  Sixty-fifth  New  York,  came  all 
the  way  from  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  to  have  a  shake  hands 
with  the  "  Chasseurs." 

Matt  Spence,  of  the  Twenty-third,  from  Brooklyn,  with  his 
son,  from  New  York  City,  joined  the  Pilgrims  on  the  morning 
of  departure,  at  Philadelphia.  He  was  heartily  greeted  by  the 
boys  of  C  Company,  whom  he  had  not  met  since  muster-out. 


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371 


Frank,  of  the  Twenty  third  Commissary  Department,  in 
his  stump  speech  at  the  Rink  Building,  after  speaking  of  the 
heavy  mortars  of  Betz's  best,  Gibson's  light  batteries  and  grape 
and  cannister  of  Duffy's  Pure  Malt,  exclaimed  :  "  Talk  about 
your  engagements  at  de  first 
Gettysburg.  Why,  it  was 
nothing  to  compare  when  de 
batteries  were  opened  at  de 
Ball ;  for  after  de  fight  were 
over  dare  programs  were  full 
of  engagements.  Many,  many 
fell.  The  fire  was  so  hot  that 
the  best  of  dem  had  to  take 
water. 

Matthews,  of  the  Eighty- 
second,  is  now  one  of  the  Yan 
kees,  residing  at  New  Haven, 
Connecticut.  He  was  accom 
panied  by  his  son,  and  was 
warmly  greeted  by  his  old 
comrades. 

James  Tate,  the  celebrated  detective  of  Philadelphia, 
served  with  honor  in  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volun 
teers.  He  was  on  the  trip,  and  took  good  care  that  none  of  the 
crooked  people  were  on  the  train  to  work  the  pilgrims. 

John  Henderson,  Geo.  Boyer  and  William  Bartley,  with 
the  stalwart  policeman  of  the  town,  were  a  good  team  in  charge 
of  the  door  at  the  Ball. 

While  the  hotels,  with  the  numerous  boarding-houses  at 
Gettysburg,  manage  to  provide  quarters  for  all  who  visit  the 
battlefield,  would  it  not  pay  for  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  or 
some  other  enterprising  company  to  erect  a  first-class  hotel, 
for  the  accommodation  of  four  or  five  hundred  guests.  Why 
not  the  citizens  of  the  old  town  size  up  to  the  occasion.  The 
report  shows  the  visitations  are  larger  each  year. 


JAS.  FULLERTON, 
Corporal  Co.  H. 


372  HISTORY    OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


REVIEW  OF  THE  REUNION. 

BY  GENERAL  ALEX.  SHALER. 

It  is  difficult  to  convey  to  the  mind  of  an  absent  comrade  the 
degree  of  enjoyment  experienced  by  those  who  attended  this  memor 
able  meeting  ;  much  more  difficult  is  it  to  describe  the  scenes  in  such 
terms  as  will  enable  one  who  has  not  had  campaign  and  battlefield 
experience  to  appreciate  the  cordiality  with  which  old  soldiers  greet 
each  other  after  years  of  separation.  Army  life,  in  war  times,  is  one 
of  almost  constant  privations,  and  of  frequent  sufferings.  The  great 
mass  of  the  men  composing  an  army  are  on  an  equality.  Their  com 
forts  and  discomforts  are  the  same.  Their  pleasures  and  their  pains 
are  the  same,  and  the  longer  they  serve  together,  the  more  they 
become  like  brothers  to  each  other.  When  the  war  is  over,  and  the 
organization  is  disbanded,  the  men  return  to  their  respective  homes 
and  resume  their  former  vocations  and  walks  of  life.  Engrossed  with 
these,  they  have  but  little  time  and  less  opportunity  to  maintain  the 
comradeship  of  the  war,  but  their  attachments  are  never  forgotten. 
Years  may  roll  by,  and  long  distances  may  separate  them,  but  the 
men  who  stood  shoulder  to  shoulder  in  defence  of  the  old  flag  ;  who 
slept  and  ate  together  ;  who  toiled  and  rested  together  ;  who  shared 
their  rations  with  each  other,  can  never  forget  their  brothers  in  arms. 
So  it  is,  that  when  they  meet,  recollections  of  the  past  are  revived, 
scenes  of  pleasure  and  of  suffering  are  recalled,  memories  of  good 
deeds  and  kind  words  are  brought  to  mind,  and  they  greet  each  other 
with  a  hearty  cordiality,  almost  unknown  to  others.  It  was  con 
spicuously  so  at  this  reunion.  Officers  and  men  of  one  regiment 
greeted  those  of  another  regiment  like  long  lost  brothers,  and  all  vied 
with  each  other  in  doing  honor  to  their  General  and  his  Staff,  and  in 
expressing  their  cordial  attachments. 

The  time  selected  for  the  reunion,  in  advance  of  the  ' '  Army 
Reunion,"  was  fortunate  in  that  it  secured  to  us  all  the  facilities  for 
sight-seeing,  and  all  the  benefits  of  the  preparations  made  by  the  good 
people  of  Gettysburg  for  the  larger  gathering  to  follow.  The  weather 
was  all  that  could  be  desired.  The  programme  was  excellent  and 
faithfully  observed.  It  would  have  been  impossible  to  plan  a  better 
one,  or  carry  it  out  more  successfully.  From  first  to  last  everything 
ran  smoothly.  Not  a  hitch  occurred,  nor  anything  to  mar  the  pleas 
ures  of  the  trip,  save  the  slight  accident  to  a  member  of  the  Twenty- 
third  Regiment,  on  the  cars.  Our  enjoyment  was  greatly  enhanced 
in  observing  the  interest  taken  by  our  relatives  and  friends  in  every 
thing  to  be  seen  on  the  battlefield,  the  curiosity  they  displayed  in  the 
relics  obtained,  and  in  the  desire  they  manifested  to  learn  all  about 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  373 


the  great  battle.  It  was  a  source  of  unlimited  pleasure  to  us  to  be 
able  to  contribute  so  much  to  the  pleasure  of  our  dearest  friends. 

Gettysburg  is  a  memorable  field,  and  long  after  the  last  reunion 
of  participants  in  the  battle  shall  have  been  held,  will  be  visited  by 
people  from  the  world  over,  very  much  as  Waterloo  now  is,  but  with 
much  greater  interest.  Visitors  of  the  present  day,  but  not  those  of 
the  future,  may  learn  from  survivors  the  unwritten  history  of  the 
battle  ;  and  we  owe  it  to  our  descendants  that  every  opportunity  be 
taken  to  impart  to  them  the  knowledge  we  possess  regarding  its 
details.  And  the  same  should  be  done  in  reference  to  every  other 
important  battlefield  of  the  war. 

Our  brigade  was  popular  and  well  known  in  the  army.  It  enjoyed 
the  confidence  of  its  commanding  officers,  and  rendered  conspicuous 
and  oftentimes  delicate  services.  Among  its  survivors  are  those  who 
have  taken  part  in  every  battle  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  What 
a  history  they  could  write  !  And  how  much  could  be  learned  from 
their  recitals  !  It  is  safe  to  say  that  there  is  not  a  member  of  the  old 
brigade,  not  a  relative  or  friend,  who  attended  this  reunion,  that  does 
not  feel  a  thousand  times  rewarded  for  the  time  and  money  spent  in 
doing  so.  On  all  sides,  in  returning  home,  we  heard  the  most  earnest 
expressions  of  gratification  and  pleasure,  coupled  with  the  hope  that 
our  brigade  reunions  will  hereafter  be  held  periodically.  Such  gather 
ings  give  an  opportunity  for  the  revival  of  army  reminiscences  and 
tend  to  keep  alive  the  spirit  of  loyalty  and  fraternity,  so  prominent  in 
the  breast  of  all  true  soldiers.  Why,  then,  should  we  not  encourage 
them  ?  Let  us  devote  just  a  little  of  the  short  time  remaining  to  us  in 
this  agreeable  and  patriotic  way.  It  will  do  us  good. 

In  contemplating  the  pleasures  of  this  joyful  reunion,  the  Brigade 
Committee  are  reminded  of  the  great  obligation  we  all  are  under  to  our 
gallant  comrades  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  for 
their  never-ending  hospitality.  The  record  shows  how,  from  the  start 
at  Philadelphia,  they  commenced  the  dispensation  of  good  things,  and 
never  ceased  the  flow  until  they  returned  home  ;  but  less  than  justice 
would  be  done  Colonel  Glenn  and  his  brave  veterans  if  we  neglected 
this  opportunity  to  place  on  record  a  special  acknowledgment  for  the 
hearty  and  constant  attention  shown  by  the  survivors  of  the  Twenty- 
third  to  the  comfort  and  pleasure  of  their  brothers  in  arms  and  their 
friends. 

The  whole  brigade  were  made  the  guests  of  the  Twenty-third,  and 
recollections  of  their  lavish  hospitality  will  always  be  remembered  as  an 
unliquidated  indebtedness  on  the  part  of  the  recipients. 

With  equal  pleasure  the  Committee  acknowledge  the  zeal  and  en 
ergy  displayed  by  its  Secretary,  Comrade  William  J.  Wray,  of  the 
Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  in  the  work  indispensable  on 


374 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


such  occasions.  To  him  the  Brigade  are  indebted  for  the  inception, 
the  development  and  the  execution  of  the  work  of  the  programme,  from 
which  we  derived  so  much  pleasure.  In  arranging  details  nothing  es 
caped  him.  In  the  execution  of  them,  his  business-like  and  systematic 
methods,  and  his  untiring  energy  insured  success.  By  his  voluntary 
labors  the  Committee  were  relieved  from  much  necessary  work  ;  and  it 
gives  them  no  little  satisfaction  to  express  to  him,  through  this  medium, 
their  individual  heartfelt  thanks  for  the  services  which  contributed  so 
much  to  the  comfort  and  pleasure  of  the  attendants  at  our  first  re 
union. 


BOUNTY! 


FAMILIAR  SCENE  IN  ALL  PARTS  OF  THE 
COUNTRY  IN   1863-64-65. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  375 


Names  and  Addresses  of  tHose  on  tKe  Trip, 


NOTE. — Those  marked  with 

Figure  i  indicate  Friends  of  Headquarters. 

2  "  "      "   23d  Pa.  Vols. 

3  "  .  "       "  82d  Pa.  Vols. 

4  "  "      "  65th  N.  Y.  Vols. 
"       5         "  "      "   i22d  N.  Y.  Vols. 


A. 

Amidon,  Geo.,  i22d  N.Y.,  Onondaga,  N.  Y. 
Albertson,  Levi  B.,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Arment,  Wm.  H.,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Aitken,  J.  C,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Aitken,  O.  C.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Atwood,  W.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

B. 

'Boughton,  Wm.  DeL.,  Colonel  Brigade  Staff,  New  York  City. 
'Boughton,  Mrs.  Colonel,  New  York  City. 
'Brooks,  Wm.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2 Blackburn,  Peter,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Bantom,  Wm.  H.,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Boger,  Geo.,  88th  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2 Hartley,  Jos.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Bartley,  Wm.,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
'Bean,  Lewis,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Boreland,  J.  W. ,  23d  P.  V.,  East  Brady,    Pa. 

Blair,  Frank  P.,  6ist  P.  V.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
2 Blair,  Mrs.  Frank  P.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Bieger,  Philip,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Brower,  P.  H.,  65th  N.  Y. ,  New  York  City. 

Blanck,  Sr. ,  Wm. ,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2  Blanck,  Sr. ,  Mrs    Wm.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Blanck,  Geo.,  23d  P.  V.,  Camden,   N.  J. 
2 Blanck,  Edward,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Bingham,  B.  F. ,  i22dN.  Y.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Beach,  And.  W.,  i22dN.  Y. ,  Marcellus,  N.  Y. 

Butler,  James,  i22d  N.  Y. ,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Brand,  H.  C. ,  i22d  N.  Y.,  Stiles'  Station,   N.  Y. 

'•Bodder,  Mrs.  Martha  J.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


376  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 

•'Bean,  Lewis,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Bland,  Lieutenant  H.  Willis,  82d  P.  V.,  Reading,  Pa. 

Bird,  Wm.,  82d  P.  V.,  Hampton,  Va. 

Boswell,  Chas.  A.,  Color  Sergeant  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Blaikie,  R.  T.,  82d  P.  V.,  Picture  Rocks,  Pa. 
2 Buckley,  Mr.,  6gth  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Burger'  Abraham  M.,  23d  P.  V.,   York,  Pa. 

Baker,  Wm.  J.,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
-'Barker,   James,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2  Bennett,  Geo. ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

C. 

Craig,   Captain  Jas.  M.,  23d  P.  V.,  Allegheny  City,  Pa. 
2 Craig,  Mrs.  Captain,  Allegheny  City,  Pa. 
2 Craig,  Miss  Annie  B.,  Allegheny  City,  Pa. 
2Craig,  Master  Edward  A.,  Allegheny  City,    Pa 
5Carpenter,  Miss,  New  York  City. 
'Cooper,  H.  R.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Cossitt,  Major  Davis,  I22d  N.    Y. ,  Onondaga,  N.  Y. 
"'Cossitt,  Mrs.  Major,  Onondaga,  N.  Y. 

Chase,  Amasa,  Color  Sergeant,  i22d  N.  Y. ,  Fayetteville,  N.  Y 

Crampton,  Jas.,  i22d  N.  Y. ,  Cicero,  N.  Y. 

Cochran,  Richard,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Colville,  David,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Colville,  Alexander,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
-  Colville,  Mrs.  Alexander,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2Cline,  Lambert,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Cline,  Mrs.  Lambert,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Cline,  Conrad,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Cline,  Mrs.  Conrad,    Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2Collins,  Samuel,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Collins,  Mrs.  Samuel,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Callahan,  John,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Callahan,  Mrs.  John,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Clayton,  Harry,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
'Clayton,  Mrs.  Harry,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2Cavin,  Samuel,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Chadwick,  Thos.  I.,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Chadwick,  Mrs.  Thos.  I.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Culbertson,  E.  A.,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Corn,    Lawrence,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

D. 

Dilks,  Lieutenant  Wm.  H.,  82d  P.  V.,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Dougherty,  Geo.,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  377 


Doyle,  John,  23d  P.  V.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

2  Denny,  Patrick,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Dunn,  Chris.  C,  82d  P.  V.,  Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

3  Dunn,  Master  James,  Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
Davis,  Lewis,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

E. 

Eldridge,  Charles,  i22d  N.  Y. ,  New  York  City. 
2Engle,  Ezra,  Masonville,  N.  J. 
2Engleman,  Daniel,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Engleman,  Mrs.  Daniel,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Elliott,  Robert,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Eiseman,  M. ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Engel,  Lewis,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

F. 

4Ford,  Col.  Geo.  W. ,  Brigade  Quartermaster,  Kensington,   Conn. 
2Fitzgerald,  John,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2 Fox,  John,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Fox,  Mrs.  John,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Finley,  William,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Friant,  M.  B.,  Rancocas,  N.  J. 
2Funk,  Charles,  Rancocas,  N.  J. 

Fite,  John  F. ,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
8Feger,  Jos.  M. ,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Freeman,  H.  C.,  65th  N.  Y.,  New  York. 

G, 

Glenn,  Colonel  John  F. ,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2 Glenn,  Mrs.  Colonel,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
-Glenn,  Miss  M.  E.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Glenn,  Miss  H.  M.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Garsed,  H.  E. ,  95th  P.  V.,  (brother  of  Lieutenant    Garsed,    23d    P. 

V.),  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Gillespie,  Wm.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2 Grieves,  F.  Samuel,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
-'Gillingham,  B.  H.,  Morristown,  N.  J. 

Green,  William,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Green,  Joseph,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

^row,  Mrs.  Fred.  C. ,  (niece  of  General  Shaler),  New  York  City. 
2Grier,  Samuel  C. ,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Gibson,  John,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Gardiner,  John,  23d  P.  V.,  Frankford,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Gibson,  Chas.  W.,  Easton,  Md. 
2Gibson,  Mrs.  Chas.  W.,  Easton,    Md. 


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2 Gibson,  Miss  Pauline,    Easton,  Md. 
5Gaylord,  Miss,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Gere,  Colonel  Jas.  M.,  i22d  N.  Y.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Goodfellow,  Stephen,  i22dN.  Y.,  Belle  Isle,  N.  Y. 

Gilbert,  Captain  George  H.,  i22d  N.  Y. ,  Syracuse,   N.  Y. 
"Gilbert,  Mrs.  Geo.  H.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Girton,  Wm.  A.,  82d  P.  V.,  Bristol,  Pa. 
3Girton,  Mrs.  Wm.  A.,  Bristol,  Pa. 
2Gripp,  John,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

H. 

Hubbs,  Alex.  H.,  i22d  N.  Y. ,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Hilsee,  Robert,  23d  P.   V.,    Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Hasson,  John,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Henderson,  John,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Hansell,  Wilmot,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Hansell,  George,  y2d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2Hansell,  Edwin,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hazlett,  John,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Huber,  Chas.  F.,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2 Hughes,  Thos.  J.,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hawkins,  Lieutenant  Jno.  T. ,  82d  P.  V. ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
3  Hawkins,  Mrs.  Lieutenant,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
5Hungerford,  Mrs.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
5Heintz,  E.  A.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
5Heintz,  Mrs.  E.  A.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

I. 

Ivers,  Captain  Albert,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
3Ivers,  Mrs.  Captain,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
3Ivers,  Master  Lewis,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
3 Ivers,  Little  Miss  Violet  May,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

J- 
Johnson,  Jno.  R.,  Captain  and  Aid-de-Camp  to  General  Shaler,  23d 

P.  V.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Johnson,  Mrs.  Captain,  Cleveland,  O. 
^Jussen,  Mrs.  Colonel  Carl,  (daughter  of  General  Shaler),  New  York 

City. 

Johnston,  John  G.,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
'Johnston,  Mrs.  John  G.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
-'Johnston,  Master  Walter,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
"Johnston,  Master  Nathan,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
"Johnston,  Master  Harry,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
-Johnston,  Little  Miss  Rebecca,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  379 

2Jordan,  Joseph,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Jordan,  Mrs.  Joseph,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Johns,  William,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2Jay,  Frank,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

2Janney,  Master  Richard,  (nephew  of  Lieutenant  Garsed,  23d  P.  V. ), 
Roxborough,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

K. 

Knapp,  Dr.  E.  A.,  Surgeon  i22d  N.  Y. ,  Syracuse,  N.   Y. 
5Knapp,  Mrs.  Charles,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Kelly,  John,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Kennen,  Chas.,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
3Kennen,  Mrs.  Chas.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

L. 

Lippincott,  Richard  R.,  23d  and  6ist  P.  V.,  Rancocas,  N.  J. 

Landenberger,  Drum  Major,  23d  P.   V. ,  Perkasie,  Pa. 
2Lundy,  Jos.,  Rancocas,  N.  J. 
2Lippincott,  Wm.  P.,  Hartford,  N.   J. 

Lapp,  John,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Linton,  John  H.,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2Linton,  Mrs.  Jno.  H.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Lawrence,  Jno.  G.,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Lathrop,  Chas.  G. ,  I22d  N.  Y. ,  Onondaga,  N.  Y. 

Lamphier,  Chas.  R.,  I22d  N.  Y.,  Elbridge,  N.   Y. 

Lockwood,  Calvin,  i22d  N.  Y. ,  Stiles  Station,  N.   Y. 
5Loomis,  N.  E. ,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
5Loomis,  J.  L. ,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
5Loomis,  Mrs.  J.  L.,    Philadelphia,    Pa. 

M. 

Moses,  Captain  Rob't  H.,   i22d  N.  Y.,  New  York  City. 

"Moses,  B.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

5 Moses,  Mrs.  Guy,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Moses,  Captain  Lucius,  i22d  N.  Y.,  Marcellus,  N.    Y. 

Munro,  Jr.,  Captain  D.  A.,  i22d  N.  Y. ,  Camillus,  N.  Y. 

Munro,  Mrs.  D.  A.,  Camillus,  N.  Y. 

Morris,  W.  H.,  i22dN.  Y.,  New  York. 
3Mathews,  C.  H.,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

Mathews,  J.  L.,  82d  P.  V.,  New  Haven,  Ct. 
3 Meeker,  Mrs.  Stephen  B.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Morris,  Jno.  G. ,  82d  P.  V. ,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
3 Morris,  Mrs.  Jno.  G. ,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
•Morris,  Wm.  H.,  i22d  N.  Y.,  Pompey,  N.  Y. 
2Malcolm,  Wm.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 


380  HISTORY   OF  THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


Miller,  Wm.  H.,  23d  P.  V.,  Henry  Clay,  Del. 
2Murphy,  Michael,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2Martin,    Emlin,  Rancocas,  N.   J. 

Moffitt,  John,  23d  P.  V.,  Pittsburg,    Pa. 
2Moffiitt,  Mrs.  John,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
2Murphy,  P.  J.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Maxwell,  Captain  John,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Miller,  Wm.,  (grandson  of  Colonel  Wallace),  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2Maguire,  Chas. ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Milford,  Wm.  W.,  23d  P.  V.,  Frankforcl,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Milford,  Miss  Hattie,  Frankford,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2 Milford,  Archy,  Frankford,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Mayberry,  Wm.  W.,  9oth  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
-'Millikin,  Jas.  C. ,  Easton,   Md. 
2Millikin,  Mrs.  J.  C.,  Easton,  Md. 
2Millikin,  Clayland,  Easton,  Md. 

Murphy,  John  J.,82d  P.  V.,  Hampton,  Va. 

Me. 
2McMichael,  Prof.  Lemuel,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McKean,  Captain  Thos.  C.,  82d  P.  V.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
2McLaughlin,  Frank,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

McCoy,  Harry,  23d  P.  V. ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2McGrath,  Edward,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McKenna,  James,  23d  P.  V.,    Pittsburg,  Pa. 
2McCleary,  Wm.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

McKinney,  Joseph,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2McKinney,  Mrs.  Jos.,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McEntee,  Sergeant,  65th  N.  Y. ,  New  York. 

McAlpin,  Sergeant  I.,  65  N.  Y.,  Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

McGinnis,  Jas.,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McClelland,  Richard,  23d  P.  V.,   Wilmington,  Del. 
2McClelland,  Mrs.  Richard,   Wilmington,  Del. 
2 McMillan,  Robert,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McPheeters,  Sam'l,  i22d  N.  Y. ,    Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Me  Arthur,  George,  i22dN.  Y. ,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

N. 
2 Nicholson,  William,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

O. 

*Oakey,  Colonel  John,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
O'Brien,  Captain  John  T.,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
'O'Brien,  Jr.,  J.  T.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
'O'Brien,  Ed.  J.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  381 


Ostrander,  Captain  Chas.  W.,  i22d  N.  Y.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
5Ostrander,  Mrs.  Capt. ,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

P. 

Patrick,  Captain  Rob't  W.,  82  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Paynter,  Thos.  A.,    Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Peile,  Frank  C,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Purnell,  John  H.,  23d  P.  V.,  Allegheny  City. 
2Purnell,  A.  V.,  Allegheny  City,  Pa. 

Park,  Wm.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
5 Paddock,  James,  Camillus,  N.  Y. 
Tomeroy,  Byron  E. ,  ig^d  N.  Y. ,  Otisco,  N.  Y. 

Poole,  Major  Theo.  L.,  i22d  N.  Y. 

R. 

Roller,  Dr.  Wm.  C.,  Surgeon  23d  P.    V.,  Hollidaysburg,    Pa. 
'Roller,  Master  A.  K.,  Hollidaysburg,    Pa. 

Ryan,  Captain  Martin,  i22d  N.  Y. ,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Rich,  C.  L.,  i22d  N.  Y.,  Marcellus,  N.  Y. 

Richards,  Isaac,  i22d  N.  Y. ,  Marcellus,  N.  Y. 
5  Rich,  E.  D.,  Syracuse,    N.    Y. 
2 Reeves,  Walter,  Moorestown,  N.  J. 

Robinson,  James,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2 Rile,  J.  L.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rudolph,  Captain  J.  S.,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
3Rinear,  Master  Wm.,  Paulsboro,  N.  J. 

Redheffer,  Wm.  H.,  82d  P.  V.,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 
3Redheffer,  Master  Wm.  H.,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rodeback,  Solomon,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Shaler,  Alex.,  General  Commanding  Brigade,  New  York  City. 
Whaler,  Mrs.  General,  New  York  City. 
Whaler,  Ira  A.,  (son  of  the  General),  New  York  City. 
1  Shaler,  Miss  Mattie  W. ,  (daughter  of  the  General),  New  York  City. 
2Stevens,  Mrs.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Slaysman,  Geo.  L.,  23d  P.  V.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
2Stevens,  Vincent,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Smallwood,  Chas.  E. ,  23d  P.  V7.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Stokly,  Joseph,  23d  P.  V.,  Eddystone,    Pa. 
2Stokly,  Miss  Elizabeth,  Eddystone,  Pa. 
Staiger,  Gottleib,  23d  P.  V. ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Spence,  James,  23d  P.  V. ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Sailor,  Wm.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
v_Spence,  Matthew,  23d  P.  V.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


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2Spence,  Lewis].,  Brooklyn,  N.    Y. 

Sensenderfer,  Jas.  A.,  820!  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2 Stafford,  William,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
'Stafford,  Mrs.  Wm. ,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
5Slauson,  A.  M.,  New  York  City. 
5Slauson,  Mrs.  A.  M.,  New  York  City. 
5Slauson,  Miss,  New  York  City. 
5Slauson,  Miss  Nellie,  New  York  City. 
5Smith,  Silas  R.,  Homer,  N.  Y. 

Smith,  Albert  R.,  i22d  N.  Y.,  Homer,  N.    Y. 

Smith,  Merrick,  I22d  N.  Y.,  Tiffin,  O. 

Stewart,  Charles,  i22d  N.  Y.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Sharp,  Benj.  W.,  I22d  N.  Y.,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

Sherick,  Jno. ,  23d  P.  V.,  Washington  Borough,  Pa. 
2Swartz,  Mrs.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

T. 

Titus,  Silas,  Col,  i22d  N.  Y.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Tracy,  O.  V.,  Bvt.  Lieut-Col,    i22dN.  Y.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
5Tracy,  Mrs.  Col,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
5Tracy,  Charles  Sedgwick,  Syracuse,  N.   Y. 

Thompson,  Wm.,  i22d  N.  Y.,  Homer,  N.  Y. 

Tate,  James,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Tustin,  Isaac,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Tucker,  Cummings,  H.,  New  York  City. 
1Tucker,  Mrs.,  New  York  City. 
'Taylor,  Harry  B.,  y2d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2Thorn,  H.  St.  Clair,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2Thorn,  Mrs.  H.  St.  Clair,  Philadelphia,   Pa. 

Tate,  Hugh,  23d  P.  V.,  Phcenixville,  Pa. 

Truesdell,  Samuel,  Col,  65th  N.  Y.,  New  York. 

7Truesdell,  Samuel,  Jr.,  New  York. 

W. 

Wetherill,  John  M.,  Lieutenant-Colonel  82d  P.  V.,    Pottsville,  Pa. 
Wallace,  Wm.  J.,  Lieutenant-Colonel  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
'Wallace,  Mrs.  Colonel,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Walz,  John  W.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Williams,  Cranmer,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
'Wills,  Alfred,  Rancocas,  N.  J. 
'Wills,  Joseph,  Rancocas,  N.   J. 
'Wilson,  J.  B.,  Rancocas,  N.  J. 
3Woodhead,  John,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
3Woodhead,  Mrs.  John,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
'Weldon,  James,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  383 


2Weldon,  Mrs.  James,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
Wray,  William  J.,  23d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Wray,  Miss  Emma  L,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Willsey,  Robert  A.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
1  Woodruff,  Colonel  John  B.,  New  York  City. 
1Woodruff,  Mrs.  Colonel,  New  York  City. 
Wageman,  Mr.,  New  York  City. 
Wells,  John,  23d  P.  V.,  Rancocas,  N.  J. 
White,  Jos.  H.,  23d  P.  V.,  Easton,  Md. 
2 White,  Mrs.  Jos.  H.,  Easton,    Md. 
2 White,  Miss  Laura  V.,  Easton,  Md. 
2Westcott,  John,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Walker,  R.  Frank,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Walker,  Mrs.  R.  Frank,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Walker,  Master  Robert,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Williams,  Captain  Chas.,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
White,  Wm.  A.,  82d  P.  V.,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 
3 White,  Mrs.  Wm.  A.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
White,  Alexander,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Waterhouse,  Captain  Geo.  W.,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
3Waterhouse,  Mrs.  Captain,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
3 Waterhouse,  Charles  W.,  82d  P.  V.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
3 Waterhouse,  Mrs.  Chas.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Weaver,  Cains  A.,  i22d  N.  Y. ,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Wilkins,  Capt.  A.  W.,  i22d  N.  Y.,   Fayetteville,  N.  Y. 
5 Wilson,  P.  M.,  New  York  City. 
5 Wilson,  Mrs.  P.  M.,  New  York  City. 

Y. 

Young,  John,  23d  P.  V. ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
2Young,  Mrs.  John,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2Young,  William,  .Philadelphia,    Pa. 
2Young,  James,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 


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ORATION 


Delivered  at  Twenty=third   Pennsylvania  Volun= 

teers'  Reunion  of  Gettysburg  held 

at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

AT  the   Reunion  of  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volun 
teers,  held  in  celebration  of  Gettysburg,  in  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  July,  1888,  Rev.  James  G.  Shinn,  Chaplain,   de 
livered  the  following  oration  : 

The  assault  on  the  heights  of  Fredericksburg,  made  by  our 
troops  under  General  Burnside,  attended,  as  it  was,  by  appall 
ing  loss  of  limb  and  life,  and  the  inefficient  and  halting  ad 
vance  upon  Chancellorsville  made  by  General  Hooker,  tended 
to  foster  in  the  minds  of  the  rebels  a  contempt  for  the  Union 
commander  if  not  for  the  Union  forces.  The  Army  of  the 
Potomac  came  to  be  regarded  as  quite  an  insufficient  match  for 
the  Army  of  Virginia.  This  and  other  motives  prompted 
General  Lee  to  plan  the  invasion  of  the  northern  loyal  States. 
By  one  grand  campaign  General  Lee  and  his  secession  con 
freres  at  the  head  of  the  flower  of  the  rebel  forces  would  bring 
the  war  to  a  conclusion  and  determine,  for  all  time,  the  success 
of  the  secession  of  the  Southern  States  and  the  permanency 
of  that  oligarchy  which  was  to  be  built  up  upon  the  corner 
stone  of  a  perpetuated  human  slavery.  With  such  a  General 
as  Robert  E.  Lee,  with  such  Lieutenant  Generals  as  Longstreet, 
Ewell,  and  A.  P.  Hill,  and  with  such  soldiers  as  composed  the 
Army  of  Virginia  who,  by  repeated  trial,  were  judged  "  com 
petent  for  anything, "  the  success  of  this  campaign  of  invasion 
was,  from  the  start,  already  deemed  secure.  But  when  fallible 
man  is  most  confident,  defeat  is  often  most  certain.  God 
rules,  not  man.  Man  proposes,  but  God  disposes.  The  oft 
repeated  cries  of  the  down-trodden  and  oppressed  had  entered 
into  the  Lord  of  Hosts  and  he  had  come  forth  to  effect  their 
deliverance  and  right  their  wrongs.  The  time  had  passed 
when  any  government  founded  upon  human  slavery  could 
stand  secure,  much  less  that  one  whose  acknowledged  corner 


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stone  was  the  perpetual  slavery  of  man.  God  has  willed  the 
deliverance  of  all,  and  who  can  thwart  the  purposes  of  the  Al 
mighty  Ruler  of  the  universe  ? 

General  Lee  began  his  movement  of  invading  the  north 
ern  loyal  States,  on  the  third  of  June,  by  sending  McLaws' 
division  of  Longstreet's  Corps 
and,  also,  Hood's  division,  to 
Culpepper,C.  H.  On  the  fourth 
and  fifth  of  June  EwelPs  Corps 
followed.  A.  P.  Hill's  Corps 
was  left  to  occupy  the  heights 
of  Fredericksburg.  General 
Hooker,  who  had  been  antici 
pating  that  some  important 
movement  was  about  to  take 
place,  arrived  at  some  knowl 
edge  of  its  general  direction 
by  the  cavalry  battle  at  Brandy 
Station,  a  battle  in  which,  for 
the  first  time,  the  main  cavalry 
force  on  both  sides  fought 
in  regular  cavalry  style.  This 
battle  made  known  Lee's  pres 
ence  in  force  at  Culpepper,  and  also  revealed  his  pur 
pose  of  invasion.  Before  this  cavalry  battle  at  Brandy 
Station,  in  order  to  test  the  strength  of  the  force  behind 
Fredericksburg,  on  the  morning  of  the  fifth,  the  Pontoniers 
were  ordered  by  General  Hooker  to  throw  two  bridges  across 
the  Rappahannock  at  Franklin's  Crossing,  and  on  the  sixth 
of  June,  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  with  the 
Sixth  Corps,  broke  camp  near  Falmouth  and  crossed  the 
Rappahannock  for  the  third  time  near  Deep  Run,  and  was 
immediately  placed  upon  the  skirmish  line,  close  up  to  the 
enemy's  works,  where  they  remained  until  the  thirteenth. 
Here  heavy  skirmishing  was  kept  up  from  behind  breast 
works  and  rifle  pits  with  considerable  loss  to  the  Sixth  Corps, 
though  with  little  loss  to  the  Twenty-third  Pennsylvania  Vol 
unteers.  On  the  thirteenth  the  Sixth  Corps  recrossed  the 
Rappahannock  and  started  on  its  march  north.  The  weather 
was  intensely  hot  and  the  marching  very  oppressive.  Having 
learned  something  of  Lee's  movements,  but  not  fully  under- 


CHAS.  E.  SMALLWOOD, 

RICHARD  J.  MILLER, 
Co.  G. 


386  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


standing  his  plan,  General  Hooker,  on  the  eleventh,   sent  the 
Third  Corps    to    Rappahannock    Station    and    Beverly,    and 
ordered  the  cavalry  forward  to  observe  the  upper  forks  of  the 
river.     But  General  Lee  had  sent  the  left   of  his   army   under 
General    Ewell    into   the   Shenandoah    Valley,    and     march 
ing  down  this  valley  at  the  rate  of  seventy  miles  in  three  days, 
appeared  suddenly  and  unexpectedly  before  Winchester  on  the 
thirteenth.     Two  of  these  large  divisions  attacked  Winchester 
while  one,  that  of  General  Rhodes  struck  Berryville.    On  Sun 
day   morning,    the  fourteenth,   Ewell's  attack  upon   Milroy's 
position  began,  and  on  Monday  morning  at  one  o'clock  Gen 
eral   Milroy,  after  spiking  all  his  cannon  and  abandoning  his 
sick  and  wounded  to  the  enemy,  began  his  disastrous  retreat. 
Berryville  was  taken,  Harper's  Ferry  was  evacuated,  the  whole 
of  the  valley  was  cleared  of  Union  troops  and  this  great  high 
way   was  fully   opened  for  the  advance  of  the  rebels  through 
Maryland  and  into  Pennsylvania.     General  Hooker,  now  fully 
aware  of  Lee's  plan,  marched  rapidly  past  Bealton,  Warrenton, 
Catlett's    Station  and    Fairfax,  until    Manassas   was    reached. 
Here  he  remained  several  days,  awaiting  the  further  develop 
ment  of  Lee's  plans.     As  soon  as  the  Corps  of  Hill  and  Long- 
street  reached  the  lower  part  of  the  valley,  EwrelPs  Corps  on 
the  22d,  crossed  the  Potomac  at  Williamsport  and  Shepherds- 
town,  and  by   two  columns,  moved  on   Hagerstown,  thence 
they  passed  the  border  of  Pennsylvania,  moved  up  the  Cum 
berland  Valley,  and  on  the  following  day,  reached  Chambers- 
burg.     The  cavalry  of  Jenkins  had  gone  in  advance  of   Ewell 
and  made  his  exacting  levies  upon  this  rich  region,  while  Im- 
boden,  with  his  troops,  had  done  its  work  of  destruction  upon 
the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad  arid  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio 
Canal.     Vast  herds  of  cattle  and  droves  of  horses  were  collected 
and  sent  southward  and  heavy  subsidies  were  levied  upon  the 
towns.     Thousands  of  rich  farmers  and  their  cattle  and  horses, 
were  fleeing  north,  and  crowds  of  colored  people,  who   knew 
full  well  the  cruelty  of   the  slave-holder,   were  escaping  from 
the  enforced  bondage  threatened,  and,  in  not  a  few  instances, 
cruelty  inflicted. 

After  the  rebels,  under  Longstreet  and  Hill  had  crossed 
the  Potomac,  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  on  the  25th  and  26th 
of  June;  crossed  at  Edward's  Ferry  and  moved  to  Frederick, 
Maryland.  About  this  time,  General  Hooker,  desirous  of  add- 


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ing  to  the  number  of  his  troops  for  active  service,  requested 
General  Halleck,  commander  of  all  the  forces,  to  send  him 
some  of  the  troops  at  Washington,  and  when  this  was  refused, 
requested  that  the  force  under  General  French,  at  Harper's 
Ferry,  be  added  to  his  command.  This,  too,  was  refused. 
His  proposed  plan  of  operating  against  General  Lee's  line  of 
communication  was  also  disapproved.  Being  thus  thwarted 
in  all  his  plans  by  the  authorities  at  Washington,  he, — in  dis 
gust — resigned  his  command  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

This  resignation  was  immediately  accepted.  Some  of  us, 
who  on  this  march  remembered  President  Lincoln's  pithy  say 
ing  "it  is  no  time  to  swap  horses  when  swimming  a  river,"  felt 
a  natural  solicitude  for  the  cause,  but  when  we  heard  that 
General  George  G.  Meade,  a  Pennsylvanian,  then  command 
ing  the  5th  Army  Corps,  had  been  appointed  to  the  command 
of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  we  felt  equally  relieved.  We 
knew  that  he  was  capable  and  efficient  and  truly  loyal,  and 
would  do  all  that  he  could  in  this  time  of  great  peril.  General 
Meade  immediately  took  command  and  ordered  such  move 
ments  of  the  different  corps  as 
the  exigencies  of  the  case  and 
his  plan  of  the  campaign 
called  for. 

The  several  positions  of 
the  different  army  corps  on  the 
ist  of  July  were  as  follows  : — 
The  First  Corps  was  at  Marsh 
Creek  only  about  five  miles 
from  Gettysburg,  the  Second 
and  Third  Corps  were  at  Tan- 
eytown,  the  Third  having 
orders  to  march  to  Emmetts- 
burg  to  relieve  the  Eleventh 
Corps  which  was  directed  to 
join  the  First  Corps  at  Gettys 
burg.  The  Twelfth  Corps  was 
at  a  place  called  Two  Taverns  ;  the  Fifth  was  at  Han 
over  and  the  Sixth  was  thirty-five  miles  from  Gettysburg 
to  the  right  at  Manchester.  Kilpatrick's  and  Gregg's  Di 
visions  of  cavalry  were  at  Hanover.  The  plan  of  General 
Meade  was  so  to  move  his  troops  as  to  cover  and  protect 


LAWRENCE  CORN, 
Co.  E. 


388  HISTORY   OF  THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


Washington  and  Baltimore,  and,  at  the  same  time  he  threat 
ened  to  break  the  line  of  communication  of  the  rebel  forces 
with  Richmond  and  thus  compel  them  to  turn  from  their  march 
northward  and  eastward  and  give  him  battle  at  some  field  well 
chosen  for  its  strength  as  a  defensive  position.  The  field 
chosen  by  General  Meade  was  that  of  the  ridge  bordering 
upon  Pipe  Creek.  This  ridge  divided  the  waters  flowing  into 
the  Potomac  from  the  waters  flowing  into  the  Chesapeake 
Bay.  In  these  last  movements  of  his  army  corps  his  design 
was  to  throw  them  out  in  fan  shape  so  that  he  could  quickly 
draw  them  back,  if  need  be,  and  concentrate  them  upon  this 
chosen  line  of  Pipe  Creek.  But  God,  the  Providential  Dis 
poser  of  all  events,  wisely  and  kindly  made  the  choice  of  the 
stronger  position  at  Gettysburg,  and  He  so  ordered  the 
different  successive  steps  that  the  strong  position  at  Gettys 
burg  was  chosen  and  held  by  the  Union  troops  and  the  rebels 
were  compelled,  by  the  stress  of  circumstances,  to  engage  in 
battle  there,  and  there  dash  and  break  themselves  upon  the 
natural  ramparts  of  that  God-selected  stronghold.  Now  for 
the  battle.  And  first  let  us  take  a  bird's-eye  view  of  the 
ground.  Gettysburg  is  the  centre  of  many  converging  roads 
and  is  thus  the  position  to  which  troops  from  different  points 
can  be  readily  concentrated.  Looking  at  the  lay  of  the  land, 
we  notice  several  different  ridges  more  or  less  elevated  and 
these,  in  the  main,  trending  in  a  north  and  south  direction. 
Some  of  these  ridges  terminate  in  peaks  or  hills.  Gettysburg 
lies  at  the  base  of  one  of  these  ridges.  At  the  distance  of  half 
a  mile  to  the  west  of  the  town  is  Seminary  Ridge,  so  called 
from  the  Lutheran  Theological  building  located  upon  it.  A 
mile  further  west  two  parallel  swells  of  ground  are  seen 
trending  north  and  south.  These  are  separated  by  Wil- 
loughby  Run,  an  affluent  of  Marsh  Creek.  To  the  south  of 
Gettysburg  is  Cemetery  Ridge,  so  called  from  the  Cemetery 
on  that  part  of  the  ridge  immediately  south  of  the  town. 
This  ridge  has  two  limbs,  the  longer  running  directly  south 
and  terminating  in  the  two  eminences  called  Little  Round  Top 
and  Round  Top.  The  two  hills,  especially  the  one  called  from 
its  form,  Little  Round  Top,  command  the  whole  of  this  north 
and  south  line.  The  other  limb  of  Cemetery  Ridge,  the  shorter, 
extends  in  a  southeasterly  direction  and  consists  mainly  of  a 
succession  of  hills  of  which  Gulp's  Hill,  connected  with  Ceme- 


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389 


tery  Hill,  is  the  most  important.     The  hill  to  the  northeast  is 
Benner's  Hill.     This  last  formed  a  part  of  the  rebel  line. 

When  General  Lee  was  suddenly  informed  that  the  Union 
Army  had  crossed  the  Potomac  and  was   marching  so  as    to 
threaten  his  communication  with  Richmond,  he  at  once  turned 
and  ordered  his  different  corps 
to  concentrate  in  the  neighbor 
hood  of  Gettysburg.     He  had 
not  chosen  this  as  his  field  of 
battle,  he  only  availed  himself 
of   the    converging    roads    to 
concentrate   his  troops   there. 
Hill's  Corps  and  Longstreet's 
Corps  were  moving    easterly 
from  Chambersburg  and  Fa- 
yetteville.       Swell's     Corps, 
which  had  advanced  partly  to 
Carlisle  and  partly  to  York  and 
the    Susquehanna   river,    had 
been  recalled  and  was  return 
ing  partly  by  the  road  leading 
south  from  Carlisle  and  partly  by  that  leading  southwest  from 
York.     The  division  of  Heth  of  Hill's  Corps  moving  easterly 
had   started   early  on  the  morning  of  the  ist  of  July,  partly 
to  occupy  the  town  of  Gettysburg  and  particularly  to  supply 
themselves    with    shoes.     They   did  not  expect  to  meet   any 
strong  force  there.      But   General   Buford,  commanding  two 
brigades  of  Union  cavalry,  had  reached  Gettysburg  the  even 
ing  before  and  had  determined  to  check  the  rebel  advance  as 
long  as  possible,  expecting  that  General  Reynolds  who  com 
manded    the    left  of  the  army  would  come  to   his  support. 
Taking  advantage  of  the  remaining  light  of  day.     General 
Buford    posted  his   brigades  most  advantageously,  Gamble's 
brigade  across  the  Chambersburg   road  and  the  brigade  of 
Devins  across  Mummasburg  road.     By  dismounting  his   men 
and  using  them  as  infantry  armed  with  carbines,  sending  out 
a  strong  line  of   skirmishers    and    by  planting  his  batteries  so 
as  to  enfilade  both  roads,    he    stood    ready  to   hold    them    in 
check  until  reinforcements  should  arrive.     And  check  them  he 
did  until  General  Reynolds  himself  arrived  in  advance  of  the 
First  Corps.     At  the  time  of  his   arrival  General  Buford   was 


MARTIN  WARNER, 
Co.  C. 


390  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


up  in  the  belfry  of  the  Seminary  building  anxiously  watching 
the  progress  of  the  battle  and  awaiting  with  intense  anxiety 
the  arrival  of  the  First  Corps  to  relieve  his  hard  pressed  troop 
ers  when  he  heard  the  voice  of  Reynolds  calling  him.  Buford 
and  Reynolds  were  of  one  mind  as  to  the  general  plan  of  op 
eration.  Soon  after  the  army  crossed  the  Potomac  General 
Reynolds  had  said  to  General  Doubleday  that  it  was  necessary 
to  attack  Lee's  army  at  once  in  order  to  prevent  him  from 
plundering  the  whole  State.  As  a  Pennsylvanian  his  blood 
grew  hot  at  the  thought  of  the  invasion  and  devastation  of  his 
native  State.  As  soon  as  Cutler's  Brigade  of  Wadsworth's 
division  of  the  First  Corps  came  up,  General  Reynolds  ordered 
the  infantry  to  relieve  the  hard  pressed  cavalry.  In  the  midst 
of  a  hot  fire  the  line  was  formed.  Reynolds  went  forward  to 
direct.  He  himself  skilfully  posted  Hall's  Second  Maine  bat 
tery  on  the  road  and  threw  forward  two  regiments  in  advance 
upon  the  left.  At  the  same  time  he  directed  General  Wads- 
worth  to  post  the  three  other  regiments  on  the  right  of  the 
road.  While  he  was  thus  in  the  very  front,  directing  in  the 
posting  of  another  brigade — Cutler's,  a  ball  fired  by  a  rebel 
sharpshooter  struck  him  in  the  back  of  his  head  and  came 
out  in  the  front  causing  instant  death.  He  fell  dead.  Not  a 
word  escaped  him.  "  Thus  fell,"  says  the  Comte  de  Paris,  "  the 
most  remarkable  man  among  all  the  officers  that  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  saw  fall  upon  the  battlefield  during  the  four  years 
of  its  existence."  General  Meade  could  say  "  He  was  the 
bravest  of  them  all."  His  untimely  death — he  was  only  43 
years  old — was  not  without  benefit  to  his  country,  for  by  mak 
ing  a  vigorous  fight  in  the  battle  which  cost  him  his  life,  he 
secured  the  possession  of  Cemetery  Hill  to  the  Army  of  the  Po 
tomac  against  which  the  full  tide  of  the  Southern  Army  broke. 
The  death  of  General  Reynolds  did  not  materially  change 
the  tide  of  battle.  Upon  this  first  day  of  the  battle,  which 
was  also  the  first  of  July,  successes  on  the  Union  side  were 
followed  by  reverses.  For  a  time  the  whole  of  the  First  Corps 
under  General  Doubleday  steadfastly,  and,  in  the  main,  re 
pulsed  the  divisions  of  General  Hill  advancing  from  the  West. 
The  capture  of  the  rebel  Brigadier-General  Archer  with  several 
hundred  of  his  brigade,  and  the  capture,  by  Cutler's  Brigade, 
of  two  Mississippi  regiments  which  had  taken  refuge  in  the 
Railroad  cut,  were  among  the  successes.  But  by  over- 


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powering    numbers    pressing     upon     them,     especially     by 
the   arrival    of    Swell's    Corps  from    Carlisle  and  York,  the 
First    Corps   was      driven      back.        The    Eleventh     Corps, 
General    Howard's,    about  1 1    o'clock    came    to    their  help, 
but    they,     also,      were    outflanked     and    driven     back     to 
and  through   Gettysburg,  with  the  loss    of  several  thousand 
men.     The   first   day's   battle  was,  in    the   main,  disadvanta 
geous,  to    the    Union   side.     After   hard    fighting   and    after 
heavy  losses,  by  the  force  of  greatly  superior  numbers,  they 
were  driven  back.  And  yet  when  driven,  they  assumed  much 
stronger  positions  from  which  they  could  not  be  dislodged.  And 
the  very  successes  achieved  by  the  rebels  proved  a  snare  to 
them  ;  the  successes  incited  to  increased  efforts,  which  failing 
entailed  great  loss  upon  them.     The  successes  achieved  and 
the  thirst  for  blood  created  by  the  first  day's  contest  compelled 
the  continuance  of  the  battle.     In  the  face  of  these  successes 
it  was  morally  impossible  for  General  Lee  to  draw  back.    It  is 
asserted  on  seemingly  good  authority  that  when  General  Lee 
planned   the  invasion   of  the  North   he   promised    his    Corps 
commanders  that  he  would  not  seek  an  offensive  battle  but 
by  compelling  the  Federals  to 
attack  him,  he  would  fight  on 
the  defensive.     But  now  he  is 
so  far  in  that  he   cannot  well 
get  out ;  he  must,  by  the  pres 
sure  of  the  attending  circum 
stances,  persevere  in  this  fight 
even  though  he  dash  his  army 
to    pieces    against    the  stony 
ramparts  of  Gettysburg.     Nor 
is   General  Lee  alone    in  this 
eagerness  for  battle,  the  officers 
and  men  of  his  army  are  full  of 
fight   As  Swinton  says:  "Such 
were  the  exsufflate  and  blown 
surmises    of    the    army,    and 
such  was  the  contempt  of  opponent  engendered  by  Fredericks- 
burg  and  Chancellorsville,  that  there  was  not  in  his   ranks  a 
barefoot   soldier  in   tattered   gray  but  believed  that  General 
Lee  could  lead  him  and  the  Confederate  Army  into  Baltimore 
and  Washington,  if  not  into   Philadelphia   and   New  York." 


THOS.  I.  CHADWICK, 
Co.  C. 


392  HISTORY   OF   THE   TWENTY-THIRD    REGIMENT 


"To  have  withdrawn,  therefore,  without  a  battle  was  morally 
impossible."  The  time  for  the  exoneration  of  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  had  come,  and,  with  it,  the  deliverance  of  the 
North  from  its  great  peril.  It  is  related  in  ancient  fable  that 
the  kingly  athlete  Antaeus,  a  child  of  Neptune  and  Terra  or 
the  earth,  in  his  contest  with  Hercules  was  strengthened  anew 
as  often  as  he  touched  the  earth  from  which  he  had  sprung, 
so  was  it  with  the  soldiers  of  the  North,  especially  with  the 
sons  of  Pennsylvania ;  they  received  strength  as  they  touched 
their  native  soil.  They  were  energized  with  new  vigor  and 
fired  anew  with  the  just  ambition  of  defending  their  friends 
and  their  homes.  Never  did  the  men  of  the  Twenty-third 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers  march  better  or  perform  better  work 
than  when  their  faces  were  turned  North  and  their  own 
Pennsylvania  called  forth  their  loyal  zeal  and  hearty  service. 
That  march  was  made  by  some  of  you,  as  your  Chaplain  can 
testify,  with  bare  and  bruised  and  bleeding  feet  and 'yet  never 
did  the  men  of  the  Twenty-third  march  better.  And  this  is 
applicable  to  the  Sixth  Corps  and  of  other  Corps. 

The  long  march  from  Manchester  to  Gettysburg,  thirty- 
six  miles,  increased  to  forty  miles  by  mistaking  the  road, 
occupied  all  the  daylight  of  July  ist,  all  that  night,  and  nearly 
all  the  day  of  July  2d.  Our  regiment  reached  the  battle 
field  near  Little  Round  Top,  as  the  big  red  sun  was  fast 
declining  to  his  setting  and  then,  after  such  a  continuous 
march,  with  a  hurrah,  went  directly  to  the  front  to  the  sup 
port  of  the  Fifth  Corps. 

The  confusion  following  the  reverses  of  the  first  day, 
had,  in  part,  been  rectified  by  the  prompt  and  efficient  action 
of  General  Hancock,  whom  General  Meade,  after  hearing 
of  the  death  of  General  Reynolds,  had  sent  forward  to  take 
command.  It  was  his  report  to  General  Meade,  after  return 
ing,  that  secured  the  choice  of  Gettysburg  as  the  field  for  the 
approaching  battle.  It  became  General  Meade's  choice  by 
stress  of  circumstances  ;  as  a  foregone  conclusion.  Already 
had  the  God  of  Providence,  in  kindness,  made  the  choice  and 
pointed  out  the  spot  by  the  clear  and  inevitable  logic  of 
events.  General  Meade's  original  choice  was  the  line  of  Pipe 
Creek,  and  this  line  he  preferred  even  upon  the  close  of  the 
second  day's  fight  at  Gettysburg  when  dissenting  from  the 
general  decision  of  the  council  of  officers  who  unanimously 


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voted  to  stay  there  and  fight  it  out,  he  said  :  "  Have  it  your 
own  way,  gentlemen,  but  Gettysburg  is  no  place  to  fight  a 
battle  in."  But  we  are  anticipating.  We  are  now  concerned 
with  the  opening  events  of  this  second  day  at  Gettysburg. 
Upon  receiving  the  report  of  General  Hancock,  General 
Meade  at  once  directed  all  the  Corps  to  concentrate  on  Gettys 
burg.  The  march  of  the  several  Corps  was  a  hurried  one. 
The  van  of  the  Third  Corps,  Sickles',  reached  the  field  at 
sunset  of  the  first  day,  and  the  rear  of  this  Corps  on  the 
morning  of  the  second  day.  The  Second  Corps,  distant  thir 
teen  miles  at  Taneytown,  reached  the  field  on  the  afternoon  of 
the  first  day,  in  time  to  be  placed  in  position  by  General  Han 
cock  himself.  The  Fifth  Corps,  at  Union  Mills,  twenty-three 
miles  away,  after  this  long  night's  march,  arrived  on  the 
morning  of  the  second  day.  And  the  Sixth  Corps,  at  Man 
chester,  thirty-six  miles  distant,  by  the  most  strenuous  efforts, 
marching  a  day,  a  night  and  the  greater  part  of  the  following 
day,  from  early  on  the  first  through  to  the  afternoon,  late,  on 
the  second,  arrived  just  in  time  to  render  much  needed  help. 
But,  as  we  all  well  know,  Uncle  John  Sedgwick,  as  he  was 
familiarly  called,  and  his  boys  of  the  Sixth  Corps  could  do 
great  things  in  times  of  great  emergencies.  General  Meade 
ordered  his  own  headquarters  to  be  removed  to  Gettys 
burg  and  he  himself  arrived  there  at  i  o'clock,  A.  M.,  and 
although  it  was  yet  night,  he  with  his  staff,  under  the  light  of 
the  moon,  traversed  the  field,  and  judged  of  its  strong  and 
weak  points.  Though  he  was  impressed  with  the  strength  of 
the  position  he  was  also  impressed  with  some  of  its  weak 
points.  As  the  several  corps  arrived,  on  this  second  day,  they 
took  the  several  positions  assigned  them.  The  Twelfth 
Corps,  General  Williams  temporary  commander  as  General 
Slocum  had  command  of  the  right  wing,  was  placed  on  the 
extreme  right  on  Gulp's  Hill.  The  Eleventh  Corps,  General 
Howard's,  occupied  Cemetery  Hill  immediately  south  of  the 
town  of  Gettysburg.  To  this  they  had  fallen  back  after  the, 
to  them,  disastrous  fight  of  the  preceding  day.  Shurz  divi 
sion  was  stationed  across  the  Baltimore  Pike  road  ;  Steinwehr's 
on  the  left ;  and,  on  the  right  and  rear  General  Barlow's  com 
manded  by  General  Ames.  The  First  Corps,  on  this  day 
commanded  by  General  Newton,  was  divided  ;  Wadsworth's 
division  was  on  Gulp's  Hill  to  the  right  of  the  division  of 


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Ames.     General   Robinson's  division,  to  the  left  of  the  divi 
sion    of    Steinwehr's,    held    across   the   Taneytown    road    as 
far  as  to  Zeigler's   grove,  while   General  Doubleday  with  his 
division,   was  in  the  rear  of  Shurz.     The  combined  artillery 
of    the    Eleventh     and    Second     Corps     was    protected    by 
such    works    as    they    were    able    to  throw     up.     South     of 
Zeigler's    grove,   General    Hancock,  on  the  afternoon  of  the 
ist   day  had    placed    his    own  Corps,  the   Second,  and    had 
prolonged  the  left  of  this,  as  far  as  the  Round  Tops,  with  such 
troops  as  he  then  had  at  his  disposal.     After  the  Third  Corps, 
General  Sickles'  came  up,  it  took  position  to   the  left  of  the 
Second    Corps.     And,    later   still,    the    Fifth    Corps,  General 
Sykes',  prolonged  the  left  to  its  utmost  extent.     The  position 
of  the  Sixth  Corps,  when,  after  its  long  march,  it  reached  the 
field,  was,  for  a  part  of  the  time  in  the  rear  of  Little  Round 
Top  and  was  held  for  special  work  as  a   general   reserve  for 
the    whole  army.     Having  thus   given   the    positions   of   the 
several   corps,  we  remark   that   General    Sickles,    dissatisfied 
with  the  direct  southerly  extension  of  the  left,  because  of  its 
weak  points,  and  because  of  the  advantages  which  it  afforded 
the  enemy  in   his  front,  changed  his  north  and   south  line  to 
the   line  of  the   Emmettsburg  road.     Unwilling   to  take  the 
responsibility  upon    himself,  he    applied    to    General    Meade 
who  first  gave  him  general  and  indefinite  direction  and  then 
at  his  particular  request  for  an  engineer  to  survey  the  ground 
General    Meade   sent    General    Hunt,   Chief  of   the  Artillery, 
who    went   out   with    General    Sickles    to    the    ridge    upon 
which     the      Emmettsburg     road      is     situated     and     then 
General    Sickles    directed   that   his    troops  should  be  posted 
upon    the   line   of    that    road  with    his    centre    at   the   Peach 
Orchard    which   was   a   mile    to  the  North    of   West  of  Lit 
tle  Round  Top.     His  right  wing,  under  General   Humphreys 
extended  along  the  Emmettsburg  road,   his  left  wing,   under 
General  Birney,  after  making  a  right  angle  at  the  Peach  Orch 
ard,  bent  around  so  as  to  cover  Little  Round  Top  at  its  base. 
This  change  in  the  direction  of  the  Third  Corps  line,  made  it 
longer,  weaker  and  much  more  exposed  to  attack  and    mater 
ially  affected  tlic  contest  of  the  second  day.     General    Lee's    rebel 
forces  were,  at  daybreak  of  the  second    thus  posted,     Ewell's 
entire  corps  held  the  left,  General  Johnston's  division  rested  on 
Rock  Creek,  Early  in  the  centre  and  Rhodes  on  the  right.     His 


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Corps  occupied  the  town  of  Gettysburg.  General  A.  P.  Hill's 
Corps  held  Seminary  Ridge,  Heth's  division  on  the  right  along 
the  ridge,  and  Fender  on  the  left.  The  two  divisions  had  fought 
on  the  first  day,  Anderson's  division  being  one  and  one-half 
miles  back.  A  large  part  of  Longstreet's  Corps  formed  the  ex 
treme  right  of  the  Confederate  army.  These  were  the  dispo 
sitions  of  the  confronting  forces.  All  the  morning  and  a  part 
of  the  afternoon  were  spent  in  arranging  and  strengthening 
the  Union  line.  Batteries  were  placed  in  position  to  add  materi 
ally  to  the  strength  and  efficiency  of  the  troops.  After  recon- 
noitering  the  Union  position,  General  Lee  determined  to  make 
the  chief  attack  upon  the  Union  left,  especially  upon  the  line 
of  Sickles'  Corps  the  most  exposed  and  the  weakest.  At  the 
same  time  that  this  attack  upon  the  Union  left  was  to  be  made, 
he  ordered  General  Ewell,  on  their  left,  to  make  an  attack  upon 
the  Union  right  in  order  to  prevent  the  sending  of  reinforce 
ments  from  the  right  to  the  left  At  about  half  past  three  o'clock, 
just  as  a  council  of  Corps  Commanders  was  assembling  at  Gen 
eral  Meade's  Headquarters,  the  battle  opens.  Clark's  battery 
fires  the  first  shot  and  this  draws  upon  Sickles'  left  and  centre 
a  terrible  concentrated  artillery  fire.  General  Sickles  im 
mediately  rides  back  to  his  command  and  General  Meade 
rides  with  him.  General  Meade,  who  sees  the  line  of  the  Third 
Corps  for  the  first  time,  objects  to  its  position  but  thinks  that 
it  is  now  too  late  to  change  it.  The  rebel  division  of  General 
Hood  is  on  the  right  and  the  division  of  McLaws  follows.  The 
rebel  line  is  longer  than  the  left  of  the  line  of  the  Third  Corps 
and  extends  beyond  it  towards  the  Cemetery  Ridge.  The  im 
portance  of  the  position  of  the  two  Round  Tops,  particularly 
of  Little  Round  Top,  induces  General  Hood  to  extend  his  line 
very  far  towards  Cemetery  Ridge  so  that  he  may  flank  the 
Union  line  and  penetrate  between  the  two  Round  Tops  and 
thus  obtain  the  possession  of  the  key  of  the  whole  Union  line. 
Brigadier-General  Law  of  Hood's  division  strengthened  by  two 
additional  regiments  hold  this  advance.  They  press  hastily 
forward  to  seize  the  prize.  In  front  of  Little  Round  Top  is  only 
one  regiment  of  the  Third  Corps  left,  the  Fourth  Maine.  The 
Sixth  New  Jersey,  the  Fortieth  New  York  and  the  Second  U.  S. 
Sharpshooters,  in  the  gorge  of  Plum  Run,  help  in  the  defence. 
They  form  an  ambush  and  valiantly,  for  a  little  time,  check 
the  advance  of  General  Law's  troops.  They  lose  ground  in  this 


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unequal  contest.  By  their  falling  back,  the  approaches  to  Lit 
tle  Round  Top  are  uncovered.  General  Ward,  whose  brigade, 
looking  South,  has  the  left  of  the  Third  Corps,  takes  troops 
from  his  right  to  strengthen  his  left  and  cover  these  regiments 
in  falling  back.  Winslow's  battery  renders  efficient  help.  De 
Trobriand's  front  is  now  assailed  while  Ward,  on  his  left,  is 
driven  back  with  great  loss.  The  rebels  under  General  Laws 
once  more  begin  the  ascent  of  Little  Round  Top.  The  rebel 
division  of  McLaws,  on  the  left  of  Hood's  division,  by  direction 
of  General  Lee,  was  to  follow  Hood's  division  in  this  attack. 
McLaws  now  comes  forward.  Kershaw  is  on  the  right  of  his 
line,  then  Semmes  and  then  Barksdale,  with  Woffords  in  sup 
port.  At  half  past  five  o'clock,  Kershaw  attacks  DeTrobri- 
and's  centre  and  his  weak  left  connecting  with  Graham.  All 
the  rebel  guns  on  the  Warfield  ridge  are  directed  against  Gra 
ham  and  Humphreys'  troops.  In  response  to  the  earnest  re 
quest  of  General  Sickles  for  help,  General  Meade  promises 
assistance  from  General  Hancock's  Second  Corps  and  from  the 
Fifth  Corps  of  Sykes.  The  Fifth  Corps  has  just  reached 
Gettysburg  after  a  long  march  and  is  cooking  coffee.  Time 
is  required  for  the  order  to  be  received  and  obeyed  and  the 
troops  to  reach  the  field  of  battle.  Time  passes  and  the  battle 
presses.  At  length  the  division  of  General  Barnes  of  Sykes' 
Corps  reaches  the  front  for  the  relief  of  Birney's  hard  pressed 
troops.  Upon  these  Kershaw's  rebel  brigade  presses,  impet 
uously  and  General  Sykes  reinforces  them  with  all  the  troops 
at  his  disposal.  But  what  of  Little  Round  Top  ?  In  this  furi 
ous  onset  and  strife  has  the  rebel  General  Law  been  able  to 
capture  Round  Top  and  with  this  in  possession  turn  the  whole 
Union  left  ?  Never  before  in  the  history  of  this  war  was  there 
a  deliverance  so  signal  and  so  clearly  providential.  Just  as 
the  rebel  troops  of  General  Law  were  approaching  Little  Round 
Top  all  unprotected,  an  easy  prize  to  the  eager  racer,  General 
Warren,  engineer  on  General  Meade's  staff,  was  climbing  this 
hill  to  get  a  better  view  of  the  battle  and  judge  of  its  action. 
Just  as  he  reached  the  top  he  saw  the  men  of  the  Signal  Corps 
who  had  been  signaling  from  its  summit,  folding  up  their  flags 
and  about  retiring.  They  had  discerned  unmistakable  evidences 
of  the  masked  approach  of  these  rebel  troops.  A  shot  from  a 
Union  battery  sent  by  Warren's  direction  across  their  line  of 
approach  clearly  revealed  their  uplifted  heads  and  glittering 


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bayonets.  This  momentary  view  makes  known  to  General 
Warren  the  presence  of  these  stealthily  approaching  troops 
and  reveals  to  him  their  design.  He  at  the  same  instant  comes 
to  an  appreciation  of  the  vital  importance  of  Round  Top  to 
the  Union  line.  He  sees  that  this  position  must  be  held  at  all 
hazzard.  No  time  is  to  be  lost,  not  a  moment.  Troops  for  its 
defence  must  be  sought  and  sought  at  once.  To  impress  the 
enemy  with  the  idea  of  a  force  now  there  for  its  defence,  War 
ren  directs  the  signal  men  to  continue  to  wave  their  flags, 
while  he  hurries  to  bring  troops  to  defend  it.  Having  ob 
served  the  movement  of  the  division  of  General  Barnes  going 
to  the  relief  of  Birney'sline,  he  immediately  detaches  Vincent's 
Brigade,  and  orders  them  to  hasten  to  Little  Round  Top.  He 
also  obtains  the  co-operation  of  Haslett's  Battery.  In  his  anxiety 
and  eagerness  General  Warren  quickly  ascends  Round  Top 
again  to  watch  the  approach  of  the  enemy  and  await  the  com 
ing  of  Vincent  for  its  defense.  Every  minute  seems  an  hour. 
The  troops  for  its  defense  seem  to  move  very  slowly,  too  slowly 
in  Warren's  judgment,  to  meet  the  exigency.  He  hastens  to  ob 
tain  new  help.  Meeting  Ayre's  division  going  to  the  front  he 
appeals  for  help.  This  appeal  is  made  directly  to  Colonel 
O'Rorke  of  the  One  hundred-and-fortieth  New  York,  a  young 
brilliant  graduate  of  West  Point — a  friend  of  Warren, 
who  immediately  lends  him  help.  With  their  assistance  Has 
lett's  Battery  is  dragged  and  lifted  up  to  the  summit  of  Round 
Top.  In  the  meantime,  Vincent's  Brigade  has  reached  the  as 
cent  to  Little  Round  Top  and  has  posted  his  regiments  on  a 
ridge  about  half  the  way  up,  the  Sixteenth  Michigan  on  the 
right  below  the  summit,  the  Forty-fourth  New  York  and 
Eighty-third  Pennsylvania  in  the  centre  and  the  Twentieth 
Maine,  Colonel  Chamberlain  commanding,  on  the  left.  These 
troops  have  arrived  and  taken  position  just  in  time.  Not  a 
minute  could  have  been  spared.  The  rebel  troops  of  Law's 
Brigade  having  emerged  from  a  severe  battery  fire  which  for 
a  time  had  delayed — at  this  very  instant  start  up  the  ascent  of 
Round  Top  and  impetuously  attack  the  troops  of  Vincent. 
Unable  in  this  onset  to  break  Vincent's  line,  they  outflank  his 
right  and  assail  the  Sixteenth  Michigan  with  such  vigorous 
impetuosity  that  it  is  unable  to  withstand  the  assault.  How 
can  assistance  be  obtained  ?  These  troops  of  Vincent  on  Lit 
tle  Round  Top  seem  entirely  separated  from  the  rest  of  the 


398  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


line,  and  no  help  seems  to  be  at  hand.  The  vital  position 
of  Round  top  seems  to  fall  into  their  hands.  There 
seems  to  be  no  sufficient  defence.  This  however,  is 
only  in  the  intervention  of  a  kind  Providence  and 
by  the  energy  and  promptness  of  General  Warren,  Colonel 
O'Rorke  and  his  long  line  of  New  Yorkers  have  reached  the 
top,  together  with  Haslett's  Battery,  and  this  in  the  very  nick 
of  time.  Though  they  have  made  the  direct  ascent  so  quickly, 
and,  at  a  full  run,  have  reached  the  summit,  they  have  not  a 
minute  to  lose.  To  meet  the  rebels  who  have  turned  Vincent's 
right,  and  drive  them  back,  they  have  not  time  to  load,  nor  to 
form  in  line,  nor  even  to  fix  bayonets.  O'Rorke  urges  them 
to  the  attack.  Receiving  the  fire  of  the  front  rank  of  their 
assailants,  which  causes  not  a  few  to  fall,  they  rush  down  upon 
the  approaching  rebels  with  clubbed  muskets.  This  action 
causes  a  check.  Then  follows  the  fire  of  musketry.  Vincent's 
regiments  having  recovered  from  the  attack  now  come  to  the 
assistance  of  O'Rorke's  regiment.  Haslett's  battery,  too, 
though  it  cannot  depress  his  guns  sufficiently  to  fire  upon  the 
rebel  troops  ascending  Round  Top,  fires  at  the  rebel  troops  in 
the  valley,  and  this  encourages  the  brave  defenders  of  Round 
Top.  And  thus  Round  Top  is  rescued  from  this  imminently 
threatening  danger.  And  yet  the  contest  continues.  They 
watch  each  other.  They  aim  from  behind  rocks  and  bushes. 
To  get  a  better  shot,  some  climb  trees.  Two  guns  of  Smith's 
Union  battery  throw  their  shells  among  the  ascending  rebels. 
The  dead  and  wounded  fall  and  disappear  among  the  rocks. 
Officers  and  men  realizing  the  vital  importance  of  the  struggle 
perform  prodigies  of  valor.  The  rebel  General,  Law,  not 
satisfied  with  the  fire  of  musketry,  which  may  be  prolonged, 
brings  his  force  against  the  One-hundred-and  fortieth  New 
York,  which  by  its  prompt  action,  had  stopped  his  progress. 
But  Vincent  hastens  to  their  help  and  this  attack,  too,  is 
repulsed.  The  combatants,  at  'length,  become  exhausted. 
Somewhat  later  Vincent's  troops  are  reinforced  by  Weed's 
brigade  of  the  Fifth  Corps,  just  as  the  battle  on  Round  Top  is 
about  to  be  renewed.  The  young  and  dashing  O'Rorke  has 
fallen.  Just  as  these  reinforcements  come  up  General  Vincent, 
also,  is  mortally  wounded.  General  Weed  takes  position 
upon  the  right  but  has  not  time  to  deploy  his  battalions. 
Colonel  Chamberlain  to  check  the  advance  of  the  rebels  has 


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placed  the  Twentieth  Maine,  composed  of  strong  backwcfods- 
men,  to  secure  the  defile  between  the  two  summits  against 
which  Law  now  directs  all  his  efforts.  The  contest  is  renewed 
along  the  whole  line.  General  Weed,  who  sets  an  example  to 
all  around  him,  is  mortally  wounded  near  Haslett's  Battery, 
and  Haslett,  stooping  to  receive  the  last  words  of  General 
Weed,  is  struck  in  his  turn  and  falls  lifeless  upon  the  body  of 
his  chief.  Nearly  all  the  officers  are  either  killed  or  wounded. 
But  the  enemy  also  becomes  exhausted.  In  order  to  outflank 
and  surround  the  Union  left  he  has  too  much  extended  his 
line.  Colonel  Chamberlain,  discerning  its  weakness,  charges 
it,  repulses  it  and  takes  more  than  300  wounded  and  prisoners. 
While  these  events  are  taking  place  at  Little  Round  Top 
somewhat  in  advance  along  the  line  held  by  General  Sickles, 
a  most  determined  fight  is  taking  place.  General  Ward's 
Brigade,  on  the  extreme  left,  has  suffered  the  first  onset.  Then 
the  brigades  of  DeTrobriand  and  Graham,  and,  last  of  all,  the 
Division  of  General  Humphreys.  Though  the  angle  at  the 
Peach  Orchard  is  held  by  eleven  regiments,  many  of  them 
veterans  of  the  fighting  Kearney,  they  are  unable  to  resist 
this  violent  onset.  Upon  this  is  concentrated  the  fire  of  many 
batteries,  and  the  line  suffers  from  a  battery  which  delivers  a 
most  destructive  enfilading  fire.  Rebel  troops  flushed  with 
success  assail  it  in  overpowering  numbers.  Such  an  angle, 
exposed  to  such  fires  and  to  such  assaults,  cannot  hold  out. 
The  brigades  of  Sweitzer  and  Tilton  lend  their  efficient  aid  ; 
four  batteries  of  the  reserve  artillery  strengthen  the  three 
already  in  position  ;  CaldwelFs  Division  of  Hancock's  Corps, 
with  the  brigades  of  Cross  and  Kelly  in  front  and  those  of 
Zook  and  Brooke  in  rear, — and  then  the  division  of  regulars 
consisting  of  the  brigades  of  Day  and  Burbank  and  commanded 
by  General  Ayres  who  had  been  at  the  turning  point  of  so 
many  battles,  all  came  to  the  assistance  of  this  fiercely-assaulted 
line  and  fought  with  the  most  determined  and  heroic  courage, 
but  only  to  suffer  severe  loss,  and,  at  length,  to  be  driven  to 
the  line  of  Cemetery  Ridge.  After  the  left  and  the  centre  of 
Sickles'  Corps  was  thus  broken  and  driven  the  division  of 
General  Humphreys,  also,  which  formed  the  right,  was  com 
pelled  to  change  front,  and  then  to  fall  back  to  the  line  of  Ceme 
tery  Ridge.  Though  General  Hancock  brought  yet  other 
troops,  and  General  Meade  himself  brought  forward  Lock- 


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wood's  Maryland  Brigade,  the  line  of  Humphreys  was  forced 
thus  violently  back.  At  the  time  that  this  took  place  there  was 
a  daring  advance  on  the  part  of  the  rebel  brigades  of  Wilcox, 
composed  of  Alabamians,  and  of  Wright,  made  up  of  Geor 
gians,  who,  having  pierced  the  Union  line  and  finding  no 
effective  force  interposing,  advanced  through  a  hot  artillery 
fire  until  they  reached  the  very  crest  of  Cemetery  Ridge  and 
actually  pierced  the  Union  centre.  But  General  Webb  met 
them  with  such  staggering  volleys  and  with  such  an  impetuous 
charge  that  they  were  driven  back  again  with  severe  loss. 
Inasmuch  as  General  Hood,  who  had  led  the  assault  against 

Little  Round  Top,  had  been 
wounded,  General  Longstreet 
himself,  late  in  the  day,  leads 
a  final  charge  against  this 
stronghold  upon  the  Union  left. 
But  while  reconnoitering  the 
Union  positions  and  discerning 
the  strong  positions  of  the 
troops,  and  particularly  recog 
nizing  the  presence  of  the  four 
brigades  of  the  Sixth  Corps 
which  had  been  advanced  to 
the  front,  and  well  knowing 
that  the  rest  of  Sedgwick's 
Sixth  Corps  was  at  hand  as 
reserves,  he  gave  up  the 
thought  of  attacking  again 
such  strong  positions  so  strongly  held. 

These  actions  on  the  Union  left  were  not  the  only  ones  on 
the  second  day.  A  determined  and  partially  successful  attack 
was  made  by  the  rebels  of  Ewell's  corps  against  the  forces  on 
Gulp's  Hill  and  Cemetery  Hill.  In  order  to  stem  the  torrent 
of  fierce  assault  upon  the  left,  this  day,  General  Meade  had 
greatly  weakened  his  right.  All  the  troops  of  the  i2th  Corps 
of  Slocum,  except  the  brigade  of  General  Green,  were  taken 
from  Gulp's  Hill  and  sent  to  the  assistance  of  General  Sickles. 
While  these  troops  were  away,  General  Hayes'  brigade  on  the 
right  and  Hokes'  brigade  on  the  left,  with  Gordon's  brigade  in 
reserve,  advanced  against  Cemetery  Ridge.  Von  Gilsa's  divi 
sion  and  the  division  of  General  Ames,  in  advance,  en- 


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Co.  B. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  401 

closing  the  batteries  of  Ricketts  and  Weiderick,  on  higher 
ground,  behind  them,  received  this  assault.  The  batteries 
of  Stewart,  Reynolds  and  Stevens,  rendered  most  efficient 
help.  The  rebel  right,  though  meeting  with  determined 
resistance,  advanced  up  to  the  crest  of  Cemetery  Ridge 
and  took  the  battery  of  Weiderick  and  spiked  two  of 
Ricketts'  guns.  But  though  at  first  successful  it  was  against 
determined  opposition.  Colonel  Wainwright  had  given  orders 
not  to  retreat,  but  to  fight  the  guns  to  the  last.  The  battery 
of  Stevens  poured  a  terrible  fire  of  double  canister  into  their 
ranks— the  Thirty  third  Massachusetts  opened  a  very  effective 
oblique  fire.  The  batteries,  though  penetrated,  will  not  sur 
render.  "  Dearer  to  the  cannonier  than  life  itself,  it  is  said,  is 
the  gun  he  serves,"  and  these  brave  men  fight  hand-to  hand, 
with  rammers,  hand-spikes  and  even  with  stones.  "  Death  on 
the  soil  of  our  native  State,  rather  than  lose  our  guns." 
General  Hancock,  hearing  of  this  attack,  sent  Carroll's 
brigade  to  the  rescue.  This  was  joined  by  the  One  Hundred 
and  Sixth  Pennsylvania  and  some  reinforcements  from 
Shurtz's  division.  They  came  over  the  hill  and  went  in  with 
a  shout.  The  enemy  anticipating  only  disaster,  being  with 
out  reinforcements,  fell  back.  As  they  retreated  the  artillery 
opened  a  most  destructive  fire,  and  with  such  deadly  effect 
that  out  of  1750  men  of  the  Louisiana  Tigers  only  150 
returned. 

But  the  rebel  troops  of  Johnston  in  their  advance  upon 
Gulp's  Hill  were  more  successful.  Masked  behind  the  thickets 
of  Rock  Creek  they  made  their  stealthy  approach.  Though 
bravely  and  persistently  opposed  by  the  brigade  of  General 
Green  which  was  stongly  entrenched,  they  found  the  works 
constructed  by  General  Geary's  men  vacant.  These  they  took 
possession  of  and  held  through  the  night.  During  the 
night  both  sides  are  strengthened.  The  four  brigades  of 
Geary's  troops  return  about  1 1  o'clock  and  are  much 
surprised  to  find  the  rebels  in  possession.  Union  batteries 
are  placed  in  position  so  as  to  enfilade  the  rebel  position. 
General  Kane's  brigade  making  a  detour  reaches  the  position 
defended  by  General  Green.  The  division  of  General  Williams, 
increased  by  the  arrival  of  Lockwood,  is  waiting  for  daylight 
to  renew  the  battle.  The  Sixth  Corps,  too,  furnishes  supplies 
and  sends  the  brigades  of  Shaler  and  Neill  to  the  extreme  left 


402  HISTORY   OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 

along  the  east  side  of  Rock  Creek.  The  rebel  Johnson,  too, 
has  been  re-enforced  by  Smith's  old  brigade,  Rhodes'  old  brig 
ade  and  the  brigade  of  Daniels — raising  their  force  to  seven 
of  their  large  brigades.  The  battle  begins  with  the  light. 
The  Union  troops  are  determined  to  drive  them  out  of  these 
positions.  They  must  be  driven  out  before  they  discover  their 
nearness  to  the  Baltimore  Pike.  At  early  dawn  the  artillery 
opens  fire.  After  firing  about  fifteen  minutes  the  artillery  fire 
ceases  to  allow  the  infantry  to  advance.  But  the  rebels  antici 
pate  this  movement.  Formed  in  three  compact  lines  close  to 
each  other  they  hurl  themselves  against  the  Union  troops  with 
great  impetuosity.  They  come  to  recognize  their  nearness  to 
the  line  of  the  Union  retreat,  if  retreat  they  must,  and  also 
their  nearness  to  the  supply  train.  On  this  road  they  see  strag 
glers  and  non-combatants  making  their  way  in  haste  and  con 
fusion.  This  sight  greatly  stimulates  their  ardor.  The  shock 
and  clash  of  arms  is  terrific.  A  desperate  struggle  takes  place 
among  the  rocks.  Upon  the  positions  exposed  all  the  artillery 
opens  fire.  On  the  south  of  the  Baltimore  Pike  General  Sedg- 
wick  is  putting  his  brigades  there  into  line  that  he  may  check 
the  enemy  should  he  advance  into  the  open  plain.  The  contest 
continues  and  yet  loses  none  of  its  desperate  character.  Gen 
eral  Stonewall  Jackson's  old  soldiers  are  not  willing  to  back 
down  even  though  the  contest  is  against  them.  At  last  after 
seven  hours'  fighting  they  determined  to  make  a  most  deter 
mined  effort  to  break  Geary's  lines  so  as  to  reach  the  Baltimore 
Pike.  But  they  find  that  not  only  are  Geary's  troops  steadfast 
but  that  these  have  been  re-enforced  by  General  Kane's  brigade 
and  our  own  brigade  under  General  Shaler.  The  rebel  Gen 
eral  Stewart  having  extended  his  line  to  the  Creek  heads  the 
assault  and  his  men  follow  into  the  concentrated  fire — Ruger's 
skirmishers  on  their  flank  open  a  murderous  fire,  while  Geary's 
troops  strengthened  by  others  steadfastly  resist  the  assault. 
They  are  repulsed.  Then  immediately  Ruger  crosses  the 
stream  against  the  enemy  while  Geary  makes  a  direct  ad 
vance  into  the  wood,  and  the  enemy  is  driven  out  of  the  en 
trenchments.  Three  stands  of  colors  and  500  prisoners  prove 
the  success  of  this  combined  movement — Gulp's  Hill  is  cleared. 
At  the  time  the  action  ceases  on  the  Union  right  at  Gulp's 
Hill  the  heat  of  the  sun  has  become  intense.  But  neither  heat 
nor  cold  suspend  the  shock  of  arms.  Intense  as  is  the  heat, 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  403 


the  pressure  upon  the  leader  of  the  rebel  invading  forces  is 
yet  more  intense.  With  army  composed  of  the  very  best  of 
the  rebel  troops,  most  of  them  veterans — all  highly  elated 
with  the  successes  achieved  and  sure  of  certain  victory, — Gen 
eral  Lee  has  turned  to  meet  the  Union  Army  and  brush  it 
away  from  his  conquering  path.  But  at  the  hands  of  that 
Union  Army  he  has  met  with  a  most  stubborn  resistance. 
Though  by  the  massing  of  superior  numbers,  he,  on  the  first 
day,  drove  back  the  Union  forces  from  their  advanced 
positions,  and,  on  the  second  day,  by  taking  advantage  of  the 
faulty  position  chosen  by  General  Sickles  and  his  long  and 
weak  line, — by  the  same  massing  efforts  and  concentration  of 
artillery  fire,  he  drove  back  this  portion  of  the  Union  line,  yet 
these  successes  have  been  achieved  at  very  great  cost  and  with 
out  any  lasting  advantage.  The  Union  line  has  fallen  back  but  it 
has  been  to  the  very  strong  position  on  Cemetery  Ridge. 
There  it  has  entrenched  itself.  And  now  if  he  will  succeed,  he 
must  drive  this  army  out  of  its  strong  position.  This  strong 
position  General  Lee  has  assaulted  at  its  extreme  left  at  the 
Round  Tops,  and  there  has  met  with  signal  failure  and  great 
loss.  Again  he  has  assaulted  this  strong  position  upon  the 
Union  right  and  has  there  met  with  a  most  stubborn  resist 
ance  and  has  after  seven  hours'  contest  been  driven  out  It 
remains  for  him  to  make  trial  of  the  Union  centre.  He  cannot 
yet  retreat.  The  temporary  successes  by  the  rebel  assaulting 
columns  inperfectly  supported,  leads  him  to  the  conclusion 
that  an  assault  made  by  a  very  strong  body  of  select  troops 
duly  supported  will  be  able  to  pierce  the  Union  centre  and  dis 
rupt  the  right  and  left  of  the  Union  line.  This  accomplished, 
victory  will  be  complete.  This  is  the  great  plan.  This  is  the 
stupendous  effort  to  be  made.  Since  seven  or  eight  o'clock 
General  Lee  has  been  busy  in  assigning  places  to  the  troops 
that  are  to  make  the  assault.  General  Longstreet  endeavors 
to  persuade  him  to  adopt  the  plan  of  turning  the  Union  left. 
Should  he  turn  the  left,  he  would  secure  his  own  line  of  retreat 
while  he  could  interpose  between  the  Union  forces  and  Wash 
ington.  But  General  Lee  has  determined  upon  attacking 
the  Union  left  centre.  That  part  of  the  line  was  indicated  by 
the  position  of  Ziegler's  Grove  on  Cemetery  Ridge.  The 
troops  selected  for  making  this  attack  is  the  division  com 
manded  by  General  Pickett.  Having  reached  Gettysburg 


404  HISTORY   OF   THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


they  are  fresh  for  the  fight  and  are  full  of  enthusiasm.  At  10 
o'clock  they  take  position  near  the  Peach  Orchard.  Heth's 
division,  now  under  General  Pettigrew  was  to  advance  on  the 
left  of  Pickett's  division  and  join  in  the  attack  on  the  Union 
line.  The  force  of  General  Wilcox  was  ordered  to  support 
the  right  of  Pickett.  A  very  marked  feature  of  the  plan  of  at 
tack  was  assigned  to  the  rebel  artillery.  At  daybreak  Col 
onel  Alexander,  who  had  charge  of  this  portion  of  the  rebel 
artillery  posted  six  batteries  along  the  line  of  the  Emmetts- 
burg  Road.  The  other  batteries  of  the  Rebel  First  Corps  was 
posted  by  Colonel  Walton  so  as  to  make  a  slightly  concave 
line  of  seventy-five  pieces  of  artillery,  stationed  at  the  distance 
of  900  yards  to  1 300  yards  from  the  Union  line.  The  batteries 
of  Major  Henry  were  placed  to  the  right  so  as  to  cross  their 
fire  with  the  rest  of  the  Rebel  guns.  Somewhat  in  the  rear  of 
these  are  posted  the  Washington  Artillery  with  Bearing  and 
Cabell's  batteries.  All  these  guns,  uniting  their  fire  with  some 
of  EwelPs,  are  to  batter  that  portion  of  the  Union  line  which 
the  division  of  Pickett  and  the  associated  commands  intend 
to  assault.  All  these  preparations  consume  the  time  up  to  i 
o'clock.  The  Union  troops  have  been  wondering  at  the  pro 
tracted  silence  upon  this  part  of  the  field.  The  hot  sun  beats 
down  upon  their  heads,  but  no  sound  of  battle  is  there  heard. 
Suddenly,  at  i  o'clock,  two  guns — signal  guns — are  fired, 
which  to  the  expecting  assaulting  column  say,  "be  on  your 
guard,  be  ready."  And  then  suddenly — opens  the  most  furi 
ous  fusillade  of  artillery  that  this  New  World  has  ever  heard. 
Who  of  us  who  then  heard  it,  will  ever  forget  it?  To  the 
seventy-five  pieces  of  artillery  of  Longstreet's  Corps  there  was 
added  sixty-five  pieces  of  A.  P.  Hill's  Corps — making  138 
pieces  of  artillery,  which  at  the  signal  given  belched  forth  their 
smoke  and  horrid  deafening  roar  and  hurled  upon  the  Union 
line  their  death-dealing  missiles.  The  very  hills,  solid  as  they 
are,  seem  to  shake  beneath  the  concussion.  And  what  is  the 
effect  upon  the  Union  line  ?  Is  it  caught  in  a  surprise  ?  Is  it 
stunned  and  overwhelmed  by  the  shock?  They  are  not  over 
whelmed.  From  the  time  that  the  contest  on  the  Union  left 
closed  the  preceding  evening,  General  Meade  assisted  by  Gen 
eral  Hancock,  has  been  occupied  in  rectifying  and  strength 
ening  the  line.  General  Hunt,  in  particular,  Chief  of  the 
Union  Artillery,  has  with  untiring  zeal,  been  busy  in  examin- 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  405 


ing  the  batteries  and  their  positions.  The  batteries  of  the  re 
serve  artillery  have  been  consolidated.  At  the  extreme  left  of 
the  line  two  batteries  crown  the  steep  ridge  of  Little  Round 
Top.  In  the  depression,  this  side,  McGilvery  is  posted  with 
eight  of  the  reserve  batteries.  On  the  front  of  the  Second 
Corps  Major  Hazzard  has  placed  four  batteries,  one  on  the  left 
and  the  others  under  Arnold,  Gushing  and  Brown  on  the  high 
ridge.  Finally  on  the  ridge,  a  regular  battery  has  been 
stationed.  Colonel  Osborne  on  this  line,  has  command  of 
fifty  pieces.  In  addition  to  all  these  five  batteries  are  held  as 
reserves  ready  to  come  to  the  front  and  join  in  the  action.  To 
this  fusillade  of  the  rebel  guns  eighty  of  the  Union  pieces  are 
ready  to  reply.  General  Hunt  gives  order  that  they  keep 
back  their  fire  for  fifteen  minutes  ;  that  they  select  the  point 
against  which  their  fire  will  be  concentrated.  At  the  expira 
tion  of  these  minutes,  the  eighty  guns  reply.  More  than  200 
cannon  on  these  two  sides  engage  in  this  artillery  battle. 
Who  of  you  can  imagine  the  terrible  roar,  the  violence  of  the 
concussion,  the  whizzing  of  the  shot,  the  screaming  and  burst 
ing  of  the  shells  ?  The  rebel  fire  is  in  volleys,  all  their  batteries 
at  once  !  Well  directed  they  produce  a  great  effect.  The 
Union  fire  is  regular  and  is  quite  destructive.  The  position  of 
the  Union  troops,  in  a  depression,  while  it  screens  from  view, 
furnishes  little  protection  from  this  fire  of  the  enemy.  The 
rebel  shells  burst  in  the  midst  of  supply  trains,  batteries  and 
ambulances ;  the  horses  struck  totter  and  fall.  General 
Meade's  Headquarters  are  riddled  with  balls.  General  But- 
terfield, Chief  of  Staff,  is  wounded.  In  every  direction  men  may 
be  seen  seeking  shelter  behind  the  slightest  elevation  in  the 
ground.  Nothing  is  heard  but  this  fearful  roar  and  this  explo 
sion  of  shells.  The  Union  Infantry  remain  quiet  under  this 
fire  and  endure  the  trial  with  great  composure.  The  artillerists, 
though  most  exposed,  are  sustained  by  their  action  amid  the 
excitement.  But  caisson  after  caisson  is  exploded  and  as  the 
smoke  of  the  explosion  rises,  it  attracts  the  attention  of  the 
enemy  and  the  rebel  yell  of  exultation  is  heard  for  miles  along 
their  extended  line.  But  the  rebel  side,  too,  suffer  not  a  little. 
They  have  been  obliged  to  move  back  their  ammunition 
wagons.  Many  have  met  their  death  and  more  of  them  have 
been  wounded.  After  nearly  two  hours  have  thus  been  spent 
in  this  dreadful  war  of  the  guns,  Generals  Meade  and  Hunt 


406  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 

order  a  cessation  and  prepare  for  the  onset  of  the  rebels  which 
they  well  know  will  soon  follow.  When  the  Union  fire  ceases 
the  rebels  vainly  imagine  that  their  fire  has  compelled  this 
silence  and  they  regard  it  as  a  partial  victory.  They  hasten 
their  preparations.  And  yet  on  the  part  of  General  Long- 
street  who  doubts  the  success  of  the  attack  there  is  hesitancy 
and  delay.  But  General  Lee  has  ordered  it  and  his  order 
must  be  carried  out.  General  Pickett  who  commands  the 
column  of  assault  is  eager  for  it.  His  men  are  confident  of 
victory.  When  all  is  ready  General  Pickett  looks  to  General 
Longstreet  to  issue  the  order  and  he  yet  hesitates.  General 
Pickett  proudly  says  "  I  shall  go  forward,  sir."  And  now  as 
the  soldiers  rise  from  the  ground  to  form  ranks  many  cannot 
rise.  The  ground  is  strewed  with  the  dead,  the  wounded  and 
with  those  who  have  been  overcome  with  the  intense  heat. 
But  all  the  able  bodied  men  rise  and  take  their  places  in  line. 
Full  of  ardor  they  move  forward  with  measured  pace,  so  as 
not  to  break  their  allignment.  Pickett's  division  moves  with 
Garnett's  brigade  in  the  centre,  Kemper's  on  the  right  and 
Armistead's  on  the  left.  A  swarm  of  skirmishers  covers  their 
front.  The  smoke  which  enveloped  them  and  shut  off  their 
view  has  cleared  away  and  they  can  now  see  the  Union  line 
towards  which  they  are  marching  and  upon  which  they  are  to 
make  their  assault.  This  assaulting  column  of  Pickett's  di 
vision  numbers  4500  effective  men.  By  the  addition  of  troops 
of  Pettigrew,  Trimble  and  Wilcox,  on  the  right  and  the  left 
which  are  to  support  Pettigrew,  the  whole  number  of  troops 
assaulting  is  raised  to  14,000.  The  issue  of  this  hard  fought 
battle  of  Gettysburg  upon  which  so  much,  both  to  the  rebel  in 
vading  troop,  and  to  the  Union  cause  is  depending  is  now  at 
hand.  The  success  to  the  rebels  means  the  continued  inva 
sion  of  the  northern  loyal  States  with  disaster  heaped  upon 
disaster  to  the  Union  cause — and  discomfiture  to  the  rebels 
betokens  the  lifting  of  the  dark  cloud  of  war  and  discomfiture  ; 
means  the  turning  of  the  tide  and  incoming  of  success.  On, 
on  !  come  the  rebels  marching  solidly  and  quietly  in  magnifi 
cent  order.  Friends  and  foes  alike  watch  their  movement,  as 
they  pass  over  the  space  intervening,  and  accord  them  the  ad 
miration  which  their  courage  and  soldierly  bearing  merit. 
Their  friends  anticipate  nothing  but  victory.  On  the  Union 
side  there  is  solicitude,  courage  and  firm  determination.  As 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY. 


407 


soon  as  the  rebels  emerge  from  their  sheltering  woods  and 
thickest  smoke,  McGilvery  concentrates  the  fire  of  his  forty 
cannon  upon  them.  Perhaps  some  of  them  think  of  Freder- 
icksburg  under  Burnside.  These  death-dealing  missiles  do 
their  deadly  work.  Though  suffering  from  this  artillery  fire 
the  rebels  close  up  their  ranks  and  move  on.  The  distance 
over  which  they  must  pass  is  about  a  mile  and  a  half.  Haz- 
zard  having  expended  all  his  ammunition  of  long  range  is 
obliged  to  reserve  his  fire  until  they  come  nearer.  As  they 
approach,  encouraged  by  the  silence  of  Hazzard's  guns  Gen 
eral  Pickett  crosses  several  enclosed  fields  until,  at  length,  he 
reaches  the  base  of  the  elevation  of  attack.  Then  he  changes 
his  direction  by  a  half  wheel  to  the  right  and  makes  a  halt  to 
rectify  his  lines.  This  is  disastrous  to  the  rebel  plan.  By  this 


THOS.  W.  SNOWDEN,  LEWIS  STRENNER, 

ALEX  P.  WILKINS,  DANIEL  GRAEBER, 

Co.  B. 

movement  the  distance  between  General  Pickett's  division  and 
the  supporting  troops  of  General  Heth  is  much  increased. 
These  by  their  imposing  appearance,  at  the  distance  of  250 
yards,  draw  the  Union  fire  and  stop  to  reply.  The  troops  of 
Wilcox,  too,  on  the  right  of  General  Pickett  did  not  move  out 
with  the  same  promptness  as  the  centre  column  and  he  has 
moved  straight  forward.  As  Pickett's  division  in  its  forward 
movement  descends  into  a  hollow  and  becomes  involved  in 
the  smoke,  Wilcox  following  along  his  direction  to  the  right 
becomes  separated  from  Pickett  and  does  not,  as  General  Lee 
intended,  cover  the  flank  of  Pickett's  division.  This  is  a  most 


4 OS  HISTORY   OF  THE   TWENTY-THIRD    REGIMENT 

important  and  providential  result,  and  is  highly  favorable  to 
the  Union  side.  The  central  and  chief  assaulting  column  is 
not  properly  protected  and  is  not  adequately  supported.  It  is  not 
as  fully  prepared  to  deal  the  stunning  blow  designed  upon 
the  Union  centre.  The  objective  point  of  the  Union  line  is 
Ziegler's  wood.  This  part  of  the  ridge,  besides  the  wood  is 
protected  on  the  west  by  rocks  which  project  like  a  wall. 
Stone  walls  and  fences,  too,  serve  for  shelter  and  protection. 
Here  Hayes'  troops  are  posted  and  the  division  of  General  Gib 
bon.  The  two  Union  lines  are  so  arranged  that  the  batteries 
of  the  second  line  can  deliver  their  fire  over  the  first  line.  In 
the  salient  angle  of  Ziegler's  woods,  General  Doubleday  has 
placed  Stannard's  Vermont  Brigade.  It  is  against  this  position 
so  strong  and  defended  by  troops  so  well  posted,  the  rebels 
are  advancing  for  attack.  They  will  meet  with  an  obstinate 
resistance.  Pickett  is  beginning  to  realize  the  peril  of  his 
situation.  He  is  separated  from  his  supporting  columns  and 
must  attack  alone.  On  his  left  Pettigrew  is  not  up,  and,  on 
his  right,  Wilcox  strays  away.  And  yet  he  comes  boldly  on. 
He  does  not  waver.  The  gaps  made  by  the  shot  and  shell 
of  the  Union  artillery  only  caused  them  to  close  up  their  ranks. 
The  Union  battery  on  Little  Round  Top  which  enfiladed  their 
lines,  from  which  they  suffered  considerably,  led  to  the  like 
closing  up  of  their  lines.  At  the  fence  occupied  by  the  skirm 
ishers  of  the  Second  (Union)  Corps,  near  the  Emmettsburg 
Road,  Pickett's  column  met  the  first  Union  forces  ;  these  they 
quickly  drove  back.  General  Gibbon  commanding  the  Union 
front  opposed  to  Pickett's  advancing  column  had  directed  his 
men  to  reserve  their  firing  until  the  enemy  was  near  enough 
to  make  their  fire  effective.  That  fire,  thus  delivered,  was  with 
deadly  effect.  The  rebel  forces  under  Pettigrew,  on  the  left  of 
Pickett's  column,  began  to  waver  on  their  left  and  fall  behind, 
the  nature  of  the  ground  there  was  more  exposed  than  it  was  on 
the  rest  of  their  line.  The  artillery  fire  had  shaken  them  much 
and  this  deadly  Union  infantry  fire  of  Hayes'  Division  sent 
them  back  in  masses.  Through  all  this  Pickett's  sol 
diers  advance  at  the  double  quick.  This  fearful  fire  of 
General  Gibbon's  division  thins  their  ranks.  The  rebel  Gen 
eral  Garnett,  whose  brigade  is  somewhat  in  the  advance,  falls 
mortally  wounded  not  a  hundred  yards  from  the  Union  line. 
This  for  a  moment  causes  his  troops  to  halt  The  brigades  of 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  409 


Pickett,  at  sixty  yards,  open  fire  upon  the  Union  line,  but  their 
bullets  flatten  themselves  upon  the  rocks  against  which  they 
strike.  Halting  a  little  to  allow  Armistead's  men  to  get  more 
completely  in  line,  they  move  forward  under  the  leadership  of 
their  chiefs  and  scale  the  acclivity  which  is  before  them.  The 
yells  of  the  rebels  mingle  with  the  fire  of  their  muskets.  But 
this  well  directed  fire  from  the  Union  from  the  oblique  and 
energetic  fire  of  Stannard's  forces  and  those  of  Gates  upon 
his  right  flank  caused  many  of  his  men  to  surrender,  others  to 
retreat  outright,  and  others  to  crowd  together.  Nevertheless, 
the  brigade  of  Armistead,  united  with  that  of  Garnett's,  pressed 
on.  Pickett  is  determined  to  break  Gibbon's  line  and  capture 
the  guns.  Webb's  front  which  had  been  the  focus  of  the 
enemy's  concentrated  artillery  fire  which  had  lost  already 
some  fifty  men  and  officers,  still  remained  firm  and  unshaken. 
The  disabled  guns — Cushing's  battery  A,  (Fourth  U.  S.  Ar 
tillery,  and  Brown's  Rhode  Island  battery,)  had  been  re-placed 
by  two  fresh  batteries  and  also  by  Cowan's  First  Indepen 
dent  of  New  York,  of  the  Sixth  Corps,  which  had 
come  up  and  taken  the  place  of  Brown's  battery  on  the  left. 
Armistead,  urging  his  men  forward,  has  reached  the  rebel 
front  between  Kemper  and  Garnett,  and  these,  a  compact  mass 
of  men,  bespattered  with  blood,  driven  by  an  irresistible  force 
superior  to  the  individual  will  of  the  men  composing  it,  throws 
itself  like  a  solid  body  upon  the  Union  line  before  it.  The 
shock  is  terrible.  It  falls,  at  first  upon  the  brigades  of  Hall 
and  Harrow,  then  concentrates  itself  upon  Webb's  brigade. 
Webb,  in  the  midst  of  his  soldiers  encouraging  them,  is  quickly 
wounded.  The  struggle  is  waged  at  close  quarters.  The 
rebels  pierce  the  line  of  the  Union  forces.  But  the  Union  men, 
dislodged  from  their  first  position  at  "  the  wall,"  fell  back  to 
their  second  line,  formed  of  small  earth-works,  erected  on  the 
ridge  in  front  of  their  guns.  These  guns  fire  grape  shot  upon 
the  advancing  foes.  Hancock  and  Gibbon  bring  forward 
all  their  reserves.  Hall  to  the  left  of  Webb,  by  means  of  a 
line  rectified  by  a  half  wheel  to  the  rear,  places  his  men  on  the 
flank  of  the  advancing  rebels.  General  Harrow,  not  being 
directly  engaged,  advances  with  his  left,  and  almost  takes 
Pickett's  advancing  line,  on  the  reverse. 

This  first  line  of  Hayes'  Division  which  received  this  charge  was  composed 
of  the  Twelfth  New  Jersey,  Fourteenth  Connecticut  and  First  Delaware.  The 
Second  line,  One  Hundred  and  Eleventh,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth,  and 
Thirty-ninth  New  York  Regiments. 


410  HISTORY   OF  THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 

The  troops,  posted  on  the  right  and  left,  hasten  towards 
the  point  threatened.  Humphreys  sends  Carr's  brigade  to 
the  assistance  of  the  Second  Corps.  The  Union  regiments 
become  mixed,  but  they  are  all  pressing  each  other  in  a 
mass,  forming  a  living  bulwark  of  defence  more  than  four 
lines  deep.  A  clump  of  trees,  near  which  Gushing,  when  living, 
had  posted  his  guns,  is  the  point  the  rebels  aim  to  reach. 
Armistead  on  foot,  his  hat  perched  on  the  point  of  his  sword, 
rushes  forward  to  attack  the  battery.  To  his  men  he  cries, 
"  Give  them  the  cold  steel,  boys,"  but  he  falls  pierced  with  balls 
by  the  side  of  the  gallant  young  Gushing.  Hereafter  this 
clump  of  trees,  the  farthest  point  reached  by  the  rebels,  be 
comes  historical.  Thus  far  and  no  farther  is  the  fiat  of 
Almighty  God  in  their  vain  efforts  to  conquer  the  North  and 
extend  the  limits  of  Southern  slavery.  As  Pickett's  centre 
failed  so  the  column  on  his  left,  intended  for  support, 
failed.  Also  the  column  of  his  right  which  by  continuing  on 
its  direct  couse  instead  of  declining  to  the  left  about  45  de 
grees,  thus  leaving  Pickett's  column  uncovered  and  liable  to 
attack  on  its  right  and  thus  to  greater  loss  and  confusion  ;  also 
to  fail  in  its  unaided  uttack  on  the  Union  front ;  it  also  failed 
through  the  splendid  and  rear  attack  of  Stannard's  force  who, 
besides  inflicting  great  loss  and  confusion  upon  Pickett's  ad 
vancing  right,  took  several  hundred  prisoners.  This  attack 
was  followed  closely  by  Gates'  command  which  continued  to 
fire  on  them  at  close  range.  This  caused  many  to  surrender, 
others  to  retreat,  and  others  to  crowd  together.  The  Eighth 
Ohio,  which  was  on  picket,  overlapping  the  rebel  left,  closed 
in  on  the  rebel  left  with  great  effect.  Still,  the  next  rebel 
brigade,  Armistead's — united  to  Garnett's  brigade,  pressed  on, 
as  Pickett  was  determined  to  break  the  Union  line  under 
General  Gibbon,  and,  in  so  doing,  take  the  Union  guns.  The 
Union  forces  under  Webb,  having  suffered  much  by  being 
made  the  special  objects  of  the  rebel  artillery  fire,  still 
remained  firm  against  the  coming  attack.  Cushing's  battery 
A,  Fourth  U.  S.  Artillery,  posted  on  the  Union  crest  with 
Brown's  Rhode  Island  battery,  had  been  disabled  by  the  Rebel 
artillery  fire,  and  had  been  replaced  by  Cowan's  First  New 
York,  of  the  Sixth  Corps'  battery,  and  another,  Wheeler's  bat 
tery,  came  up  just  before  Pickett's  attack  and  took  the  place  of 
Cushing's.  The  rebel  Armistead  pressed  forward,  leaped  the 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  411 


CORRECTION 

72d  P^Vot'lppearson^a^iHntfch3"  ^"^^  reflection  UP°"  'he 
correct  Major-General  Webb  writes  : ^The  slatemenuhaT  I^eVTline  0° 
woundedmen  mtherearof  the  72d  or  any  other  regiment  of  my  bngade  to 
hold  them  to  their  duty  „  without  any  foundation  whatever. ' •  Please  insert  this 
shp  ,„  your  book  at  page  4. ,  that  justice  may  be  done  a  sister  organization 


And  oblige. 

W.  J.  WRAY, 

Compiler. 


lilt   1CUC1S   llctu    Uiv^ivv,ii    cn^,      ^inv^n      ^..^ .. 

were  shot  with  the  rebel  muskets  touching  their  breasts.  A 
splendid  charge  of  two  regiments  was  led  by  Colonel  Hall, 
which  passed  completely  through  Webb's  line  and  engaged 
the  enemy  in  a  hand-to-hand  fight.  General  Armistead  was 
shot  down  by  the  side  of  the  gun  he  had  taken.  It  is  said  his 
last  words  were  "  Tell  Hancock,  I  have  wronged  him,  and 
wronged  my  country."  Gibbon  and  Webb  were  wounded 
and  the  loss  in  Union  officers  and  men  was  very  heavy.  Two 
rebel  brigadiers  were  killed  and  more  rebel  prisoners  were 
taken  than  twice  Webb's  brigade ;  also  six  rebel  battleflags 
and  1463  muskets  were  gathered  in.  General  Doubleday  sent 
stretcher-carriers  and  ambulances  to  care  for  the  Confederate 
wounded.  When  Pickett,  the  rebel  leader,  looked  at  the  top  of 
the  ridge  he  had  temporarily  gained,  he  clearly  saw  that  it  was 
impossible  to  hold  this  position,  Union  troops  were  rushing  in 
upon  him  from  all  sides.  The  Union  Second  Corps  was  en 
gaged  in  a  furious  assault  upon  his  front.  His  men  were 
fighting  with  clubbed  muskets  and  even  banner-staves  were 
entertwined  in  a  fierce  and  hopless  struggle.  The  Confederate 
Pettigrew,  on  his  left,  had  given  way  and  a  heavy  Union 
skirmish  line  began  to  accumulate  on  that  flank.  He  saw 
his  men  surrendering  in  masses,  and  with  a  heart  full  of 
anguish  he  ordered  a  retreat.  Death  had  been  busy  on  all 
sides,  and  comparatively  few  of  his  advancing  column  now 
remained  and  these  in  disorder  fell  back  behind  the  Confeder 
ate  Wright's  brigade  sent  forward  to  cover  their  retreat. 


412  HISTORY   OF   THE   TWENTY-THIRD    REGIMENT 


A  small  rebel  force  rallied  in  a  slashing  that  had  been  cut 
down  by  our  men  to  accommodate  the  Union  artillery  fire,  but 
when  two  regiments  of  Rowley's  brigade,  the  One  Hundred 
and  fifty-first  Pennsylvania  and  the  Twentieth  New  York 
State  Militia  under  Colonel  Theodore  B.  Gates,  made  a  gallant 
charge  they  drove  them  out. 

While  this  contest  of  the  rebel  centre  and  left  in  front  of 
the  Union  forces  under  Webb  was  carried  on,  the  rebels  on  the 
right  of  the  advancing  column  had  advanced  in  their  own 
direct  route  and  thus  separated  themselves  more  and  more 
from  Pickett's  column  and,  at  a  delayed  period  of  time,  had 
been  deployed  by  its  leader  and  had  opened  a  feeble  fire 
against  CaldwelPs  division  on  the  left  of  the  troops  under 
General  Doubleday.  This  furnished  Stannard  an  opportunity 
to  repeat  his  successful  flank  fire  against  these  also.  De 
taching  the  Fourteeth  and  Sixteenth  Vermont  regiments,  he, 
with  them,  opened  a  disastrous  flank  fire  upon  the  left  of  the 
advancing  column.  The  rebel  Wilcox,  thus  struck  on  his  left, 
while  a  long  line  of  batteries  on  his  front  tore  his  front  to 
pieces  with  cannister-shot,  found  it  impossible  for  his  troops 
to  gain  a  foothold.  He  found  his  column  exposed  to  a  de 
structive  cross  fire  and  was  obliged  to  retreat.  A  large  body 
of  his  men  were  brought  in  as  prisoners. 

A  portion  of  Longstreet's  corps, — Robertson's  and  Law's 
brigades  advanced  against  the  two  Round  Tops  with  the  view 
of  preventing  the  sending  of  troops  from  that  position  to 
strengthen  the  force  resisting  Pickett's  charge.  Kilpatrick 
interfered  with  this.  About  2  P.  M.  he  made  his  appearance 
on  the  Union  left  with  Farnsworth's  brigade,  and  Merritt's 
Brigade  of  Regulars  with  Graham's  and  Elder's  Regular  bat 
teries.  His  design  was  to  attack  the  rebel  right  and  reach 
the  rebel  ammunition  train  in  that  vicinity.  Rebel  report  is 
that  his  men  came  on  yelling  like  demons.  Driving  back  the 
rebel  skirmishers  on  that  flank  Merritt's  men,  deployed  on  the 
left,  soon  became  engaged  with  Anderson's  Georgia  Brigade 
supported  by  two  batteries.  Farnsworth  on  the  right,  with 
his  First  Vermont  regiment,  leaped  a  fence  and  advanced 
until  he  came  to  a  second  stone  fence,  where  he  was  checked 
by  Law's  Fourth  Alabama  Regiment,  on  its  return  from  a 
demonstration  against  Round  Top.  Farnsworth,  turning  and 
leaping  another  fence,  amidst  shot  and  shell  made  an  attempt 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  413 


to  capture  Bachman's  rebel  battery.  In  this  effort  Farnsworth 
was  killed,  and  the  First  Vermont,  finding  itself  enclosed  in  a 
field  with  high  fences  on  all  sides,  behind  which  rebel  infantry 
were  continually  rising  and  firing,  was  broken  up  and  forced 
to  retire  in  detachments.  This  attack  of  Farnsworth  hindered 
the  sending  of  any  rebel  troops  to  Pickett's  force. 

The  repulse  of  Pickett's  force  with  such  slaughter  and 
loss,  destroyed  the  rebel  dream  of  conquest  and  led  to  the 
retreat  of  Lee's  army  across  the  Potomac,  with  the  Sixth 
Corps  in  their  rear  as  far  as  South  Mountain,  where,  amid  a 
downpour  of  rain  and  the  thick  darkness,  our  Brigade  spent 
the  night.  On  that  mountain  top  three  or  four  Twenty-third 
Pennsylvania  Volunteer  officers  sheltered  themselves  in  the 
garret  of  a  house,  glad  of  a  protecting  roof  over  them.  There 
one  of  the  Chaplains  lost  a  flask  of  brandy  which  he  had  been 
carrying  in  his  saddle  bag  for  the  wounded  soldiers.  Thankful 
for  the  shelter  enjoyed,  he  said  nothing,  made  no  inquiries. 
Some  on  the  outside  in  the  pelting  rain  warmed  themselves 
and  kept  out  the  cold.  Although  the  risen  Potomac  delayed 
Lee's  crossing,  he  succeeded  in  getting  across  with  forces  and 
trains.  This  ended  the  Gettysburg  campaign. 


CALIFORNIA    JOE    OF    BERDAN*S     SHARPSHOOTERS. 


414  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


Names  and   Addresses    of    all    Known   Survi 
vors  of  tKe  Twenty-third  Pennsyl 
vania   Infantry 

Those  marked  with  *  were  of  3  months'  service. 

Field    and   Staff 

Colonel  John  F.  Glenn,  2535  Brown  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Lieutenant- Colonel  Wm.  J.  Wallace,  1432  South  4Qth  Street,  Phila 
delphia,  Pa. 

Adjutant  Thos.  K.  Boggs,  Flushing,  New  York. 

Quartermaster  Sergeant  Wm.  H.  Albertson,  24  South  yth  Street, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Regimental  Band 

Cobbin,  Thomas,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Roth,  John,  1716  South  6th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wiley,  Benj. ,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Company    .A 

Bateman,  J.  J.,  4254  North  Franklin  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Branson,  Ed.  R. ,  533  Dickinson  Street,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Barry,  Albert  B.,  2308  Cedar  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Brabender,  Ed.  A.,  216  West  Wildey  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Colwell,  James,  1712  North  26th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Davenport,  Henry  H. ,  244  Line  Street,  Camden,  N.  J. 

Fritsch,  Henry  G. ,  7031  Wright  Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 

Garson,  Lewis  F. ,  804  Champe  Street,  Denver,  Col. 

Huber,  Charles  F. ,  212  Washington  Square,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hilton,  Wm.  F.,  Box  685,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Haveos,  Joseph,  2525  East  Norris  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Murray,  Charles,  Soldiers'  Home,  Dayton,  O. 

^Martin,  Sylvester  H.,  Adj.,  Soldiers'  Home,  Erie,  Pa. 

Martin,  James,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 

McCormick,  Michael,  1630  South  Rosewood  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

*North,  George  W. ,  4513  Haverford  Ave. ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Patton,  John,  41  N.  Paxson  Street,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Patterson,  James,  Post  i  G.  A.  R.,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Powell,  Geo.  H. ,  308  South  State  Street,  Chicago,  111. 

Ouigley,  Wm.  J.,  Oakland,  Cal. 

Sexton,  John  E. ,  655  North  39th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Shutruter,  Wm. ,  Table  Rock,  Adams  County,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  415 

Speckman,  Louis].,  Berwyn,  Chester  County,  Pa. 
Stengel,  Philip,  Fox  Chase,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Tustin,  Isaac,  Moorestown,  N.  J. 

Company  B 

Blanck,  Geo.  W.,  351  Pine  Street,  Camden,  N.  J.  0 

Bohn,  John,  Box  173,    Lehighton,  Pa. 

Barbour,  Jas.  H.,  1444  North  27th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Connelly,  Frank  A.,  1807  N.  Judson  Street,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Carty,  Henry  A.,  Callao,  Peru,  South  America. 

*Costello,  John,  606  Spring  Garden  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Dorn,  Theo.  H.,  1329  South  2gth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Drew,  Henry  G. ,  420  South  i7th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

*Fitzinger,  George  W. ,  Matawan,  N.  J. 

Graeber,  Daniel,  3411  Ridge  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Gardiner,  David,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 

Gillespie,  James,  Penn  Street,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Granello,  Geo.  W. ,  Lebanon,  Pa. 

Hillebrand,  Louis,  108  South  8th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hahn,  Frank  D. ,  Brockport,  New  York. 

Holworth,  Henry,  3633  North  i6th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

Jenkins,  B.  F. ,  2041  South  loth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Lampter,  Lewis,  3829  Nice  Street,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Mooney,  John,  148  Market  Street,  Chicago,  111. 

McKim,  Henry,  Burlington,  N.  J. 

*Newberg,  Robert,  2318  Ridge  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Peddle,  Wm.  R.,  Pension  Bureau,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Peifer,  F.  Geo. ,  2040  Cherry  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Peacock,  Henry  C. ,  2207  Townsend  Street,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Snowden,  Thomas  W.,  1901  Fairmount  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Sewell,  James,  3742  Evans  Avenue,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Thomas,  R.  B.,  1246  North  i8th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Tuder,  John  F.,  Hammonton,  N.  J. 

Thalheimer,  Albert,  141  Cedar  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

Wilkins,  Alex.,  Soldiers'  Home,  Dayton,  O. 

Company  C 

Bauer,  John,  2125  North  9th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Brown,  John,  Bull  Head  Hotel,  Wilmington,  Del. 
Collins,  James  P.,  Beartown,  Lancaster  County,  Pa. 
Chadwick,  Thomas  I.,  2042  Fitzwater  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Callahan,  John,  Rahway,  N.  J. 

^Campbell,  Peter  F.,  1913  Pemberton  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Cassaday,  Nicholas,  Vienna,  Fairfax  Co. ,  Va. 
Donnell,  Ezekiel,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 


416  HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 

Eberhart,  Wm.  F. ,  615  W.  Venango  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Ellenger,  Chas.  S. ,  Adams  Express  Company,  iyth  and  Market  Streets, 

Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Fell,  Thomas,  2505  Fox  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Ford,  Wm.,  Braddock,    Pa. 

Gardiner,  John,  2723   Philip  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Gilbert,  Thomas,  118  Mehl  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Galloway,  Geo.  W. ,  167  Fountain  Street,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Henry,  Daniel,  Branch  P.  O. ,  Westmoreland  County,  Pa. 
*Landon,  John  K.,  822  Dudley  Street,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Lasage,  James,  2233  North  i8th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Little,  Wm.,  Tacony,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Miller,  Wm.  H.,  Henry  Clay,  New  Castle  County,  Del. 
Marache,  Chas.  C. ,  1124  Ridge  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
McFadden,  Neill,  West  Vincent,  Chester  County,  Pa. 
Nutt,  James,  2008  W.  Huntingdon  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Staiger,  Gotleib,  2016  Berks  Street,  Philadelphia,   Pa. 
Sigmond,  Houston,  725  Watkins  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Spence,  Mathew,  211  Pulaski  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Thomas,  Wm.,  1949  Judson  Place,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Tipton,  Charles  E.,  827  Federal  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Thompson,  James,  Henry  Clay,    Del. 
White,  Joseph  H.,  Easton,  Md. 
Warner,  Martin,  Columbus,  O. 

Company  D 

Albany,  A.  J.,  103  Cotton  Street,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Brown,  Charles,  Adams  Express  Company,  i7th  and  Market  Streets, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Barr,  Samuel,  181  Levering  Street,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Boyd,  John,  Soldiers'  Home,  Dayton,  O. 
Barnes,  George  W. ,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 
Buchanan  James,  Steubenville,  O. 
Crawford,  Geo. ,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 

^Clement,  Wm.  K.,  3926  Aspen  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Campbell,  Alex.,  806  Preston,  Houston  Street,  Tex. 
Campbell,  James,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 
Edwards,  WTm. ,  2502  Pine  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Fisher,  James,  U.  S.  Soldiers'  Home,  Cal. 
Galbraith,  John,  rear  1934  Cuthbert  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Gibson,  Thomas,  153  Hermitage  Street,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Hogg,  Charles  T.,  2855  North  6th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Harvey,  Jas.  D.,  Morris  Run,  Tioga  County,  Pa. 
*Huebly,  Joe.  E. ,  516  South  i2th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Hattersley,  Joseph,  2  Clark  Street,  Newark,  N.  J. 


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Kirkpatrick,  John,  23  Winchester  Street,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Kennedy,  John  H.,  1637  Christian  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Lindsay,  John,  1251  South  Mole  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Mitchell,  Geo.  P.,  213  Mulberry  Street,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Marache,  Charles  C. ,  1124  Ridge  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McCoy,  Henry,  2425  North  Bancroft  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McClung,  John,  3248  Lancaster  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McGee,  Thomas,  Frankford  Arsenal,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rumney,  John,  4655  Smick  Street,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rivel,  Jeremiah,  809  West  yth  Street,  Wilmington,  Del. 

Thwaites,  Alfred,  Monastery  Avenue,  Roxborough,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Tippen,  George,  219  Mifflin  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wright,  Isaac,  Prospect  Street,  Roxborough,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wiley,  Samuel,  5718  Ludlow  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

*Watts,  David,  2042  North  Broad  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Company    E 

Baker,  Wm.  J.,  2250  North  I5th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Brown,  James,  5645  Appletree  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Boyd,  John,  1311  North  23rd  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Boyd,  Hugh,  520^  South  23rd  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Brown,  James,  Catharine  above  2ist  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Brown,  Jas.  C. ,  326  Belgrade  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Blessington,  Jas.,  Vallejo,  Cal. 

*Black,  Wm.  D.,  1515  South   igth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Clark,  Wm. ,  Court  House,  Pottsville,  Pa. 

Corn,  Lawrence,  2031  Morris  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Disert,  Robert,  Knoxdale,  Jefferson  County,  Pa. 

Dougherty,  Wm.,  2013  Mayneld  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Egner,  Robert,  2046  Westmoreland  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Finley,  Wm. ,  Jacinto,  Cal. 

Fow,  Daniel,  Chester,  Pa. 

Gilbert,  Jno. ,  1452  Point  Breeze,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Gibson,  James,  918  West  Somerset  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Henderson,  John,  1905  Wilcox  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Johnson,  Adam  B. ,  Clifton  Heights,  Pa. 

^Johnson,  Robt.  A. ,  5607  Race  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Morgan,  John,  2015  Manton  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Moore,  David,  McKay's  Brickyard,  Bridesburg,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

*McFalls,  Samuel,  1326   Pine  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McGinnis,  James,  623  South  iQth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McKinney,  Joseph,  807  South  2Oth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McKinney,  Wm. ,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 

McClelland,  Richard,  321  East  7th  Street,  Wilmington,  Del. 


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McKinzie,  John,  Cannelton,  Ind. 

Simpkins,  Belford,  3029  Oakford  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Smith,  Archibald,  2918  W.  York  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Tate,  James,  Detective  Department,  City  Hall,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Tate,  Hugh,  Phcenixville,  Pa. 

Taylor,  James,  277  Rebecca  Street,  Allegheny  City,  Pa. 

Young,  John,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 

Company   K 

Atkinson,  B.  Frank,  4642  Jackson  Street,  Manayunk,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Boyle,  John,  2327  Meredith  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Benson,  Geo.  A.,  San  Diego,  Cal. 

Bothwell,  Jas. ,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 

*Brisburn,  Jas.,  E.  Haines  Street,  Germantown,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Colville,  David,  2342  Spring  Garden  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Fassett,  John  B.f  761  West  End  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Gwynn,  James,  New  York  City. 

Green,  William,  827  N.  27th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Graham,  Geo.,  Meridan,  Conn. 

Graham,  Geo.,  W. ,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 

*Garrett,  George,  2636  Germantown  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Henry,  James,  1313  Christian  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Henry,  Peter,  New  York  City. 

Kelly,  John,  3824  Spring  Garden  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Lewison,  David  or  Lazarus,  119  West  One-hundred  and  Thirty-third 

Street,  New  York  City. 

Masland,  James  W. ,  2819  North  Ninth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Moffit,  John,  Mary  Street,  S.  S.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
McHugh,  Patrick,  Wayne  Street,  Germantown,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Powell,  Alex,  6323  Baynton  Street,  Germantown,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Parker,  James,  Sixteenth  and  Fitzwater  Streets,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
*  Parks,  John  W.,  Dallas,  Texas. 

Purnell,  John  H.,  120  Locust  Street,  Allegheny  City,  Pa. 
Robinson,  John  T. ,  1919  Christian  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Rodgers,  Wm. ,  754  Florida  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Robinson,  Lucian  J.,  2412  Germantown  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Williams,  C.  E. ,  1738  South  loth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Weaver,  Wm.  B.,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 
Wray,  Wm.  J.,  122  South  Seventh  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Company   G 

Bantom,  Wm.  H.,  1328  Toronto  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Black,  Robert,  1707  West  Thompson  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
*Beath,  Robert  B. ,  747  North  Fortieth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  419 


Chadwick,  Wm.  B. ,  Collingsdale,  Delaware  County,  Pa. 

Culbertson,  Edward  A.,  2132  Wood  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Cavender,  Philip,  Soldiers'  Home,  Marshalltown,  Iowa. 

^Cunningham,  James,  1533  Dickinson  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Duswald,  Samuel,  1673  North  Fifty-fourth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Flennard,  Wm.  H. ,  4302  Ludlow  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Fraley,  Geo.  W. ,  St.  Davids,  Pa. 

Kroessen,  Jas.  C. ,  Post  i  G.  A.  R. ,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Miller,  Richard].,  2331  Fairhill  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Maholland,  W.  H. ,  Columbus,  Ga. 

MacKinson,  G.  M.,  Paschallville,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McClaskey,  Henry,  2214  Morris  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McEldron,  W.  C. ,  or  W.  C.  Barclay,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Peile,  Frank  C. ,  4011  Haverford  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Robinson,  James,  1402  South  Juniper  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Roe,  Jesse  R.  S. ,  Joplin,  Mo. 

Rutherford,  Wm.  G. ,  1314  Melon  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Smallwood,  Charles  E. ,  1227  North  Twenty-seventh  Street,  Philadel 

phia,  Pa. 

*Speer,  Morris  H.,  338  Wharton  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Stokley,  Joseph,  Soldiers'  Home,   O. 
Smith,  Edward  J. ,  Colorado  Springs,  Col. 
Taylor,  Frank,  Oak  Hall,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Yocum,  Jacob,    Paschallville,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Company  H 

Brown,  Jas.  C. ,  Soldiers'    Home,  Va. 

Blanchard,  H.  F. ,  Fresno  Flatts,  Cal. 

Dufford,  James,  Dorseyville,  Pa. 

Everhart,  H.  W.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Gallagher,  John,  Opera  House,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Hickman,  Job.,Bala,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Huber,  Wm.  L.,  1205  South  i6th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Haviland,  John,  1340  Spring  Garden  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Howell,  Geo.  D.,  Decatur,  Texas. 

*Hess,  Wm.  H.  H.,  3828  Mt.  Vernon  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Johnson,  John  G.,  1433  Moyamensing  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Jenkins,  Benj.,  527  West  Laurel  Street,  Pottsville,  Pa. 

Linton,  John  S.,  1519  Dickinson  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Lant,  John  A. ,  Tarrytown,  N.  Y. 

Milford,  Wm.  W.,  1720  Oxford  Street,  Frankford,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Michael,  Wm.  B.,  1925  Bainbridge  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McKenna,  James,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

McEwen,  Lawrence,  Connellsville,  Pa. 


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Palmer,  Geo.  W. ,    1006  Fernon  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Pedrick,    Dan'l.  H.,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 

Smith,  Sherwood  B. ,  Reading,  Pa. 

Slaysman,  Charles  R. ,  Gilroy,  Cal. 

*Tompkins,  John  T. ,  Colmar  P.  O. ,  Pa. 

Worth,  Frank  M.,  Excelsior,  Minn. 

Company  I 

Adams,  Gilbert,  High  Bridge,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Albright,  Jacob,  Columbia,    Pa. 

Boyd,  Robert,  1033  Dorrance  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Bayley,  Jas.  C. ,  150  Mifflin  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Butcher,  Alex.  M. ,  802  Cross  Street,  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Berg,  John  D. ,  23  Plum  Street,  Reading,  Pa. 

Berger,  Abram,  York,  Pa. 

^Brazier,  Wm. ,  Pottsville,  Pa. 

Coakley,  C.  J.,  1507  Bodine  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

^Courtney,  John  B. ,  2326  Fitzwater  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Dunbar,  Robert  S. ,  Columbia,  Pa. 

*Daugherty,  John  P. ,  3826  Spring  Garden  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Eisenberger,  Martin,  Marietta,    Pa. 

Franklin,  John  G. ,  112  South  5th  Street,  Darby,  Pa. 

Fry,  David,  Columbia,  Pa. 

Goldsmith,  Frank,  Wrightsville,  Pa. 

Gormly,  John,  635  West  York  Street,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hernley,  A.  H.,   Crawfordsville,  Ind. 

Henderson,  Jacob,  Columbia,    Pa. 

Hambright,  Chas.  K.,  York,  Pa. 

Irwin,  Wm.,  Soldiers'  Home,  O. 

Lomax,  Elias,  2028  South  yth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

*Maguigan,  Ed.  J. ,  925  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Murphy,  Frank,  1234  Butler  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Markley,  Sam'l,  Mountville,  Pa. 

Mitchell,  Thos. ,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 

Morast,  Wm.,  Soldiers'  Home,  Danville,    111. 

Mulholland,  Robert,  1136  Day  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McFadden,  Oliver,  Marietta,  Pa. 

Rodgers,  Jno.  B.,  Wrightsville,  Pa. 

Stull,  Ed.  L.,  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 

Stauffer,  Abrm.,  Washington  Borough,  Pa. 

Shue,  Geo.  W.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Sloan,  Wm.  D. ,  5221  Haverford  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Shenberger,  James,  Wrightsville,  Pa. 

*Smith,  Geo.  F.,  621  North  Second  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY.  421 


Stevens,  Kennedy,  2435  North  Twentieth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Todd,  Jacob,  Port  Deposit,  Md. 
Williams,  Jessie  S. ,  Soldiers'  Home,  Ohio. 
Will,  Norman,  Rowlandsville,  Md. 

Company     R. 

Bolestridge,  James  J. ,  2406  Turner  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Colgan,  James,  330  New  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Davis,  Dennis,  Soldiers'  Home,  Ohio. 

Duncan,  Win.,  Hatboro,  Pa. 

Farren,  Wm.  J. ,  3225  North  i5th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Finley,  Wm. ,  Kitchen,  Blockley,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Gifford,  Alfred  H. ,  Galveston,  Texas. 

Kreps,  Peter,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

^Kinsley,  Jas.  G. ,  129  Prime  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Millman,  James  K. ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McKim,  Chas. ,  Burlington,  N.  J. 

*McIlvain,  Wm.  H. ,  736  Federal  Street,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Neille,  Wm.  H.,  578  Berkely  Street,  Camden,  N.  J. 

Priest,  Charles,  212  North  Packer  Street,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Spear,  Morris  L. ,  Soldiers'  Home,    Ohio. 

Simon,  Christ.  G. ,  iSigGinnodo  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Simon,   Jno.  F.,  1136  Savery  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Simon,  Fred.  P.,  3102  Frankford  Avenue,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Simpson,  Geo.  L. ,  307  Atlantic  Avenue,  Camden,  N.  J. 

Williams,  Daniel,  203  6th  Street,  S.  E. ,  Washington,  D.  C. 

*Webb,  Geo.  E. ,  Bullitt  Building,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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List  of  those  of  the  23d   Pa.   Vols.  who    Died 
since  Muster-out  of  Regiment 


Those  marked  with  *  were  of  the  23d  P.  V.  3  months'  service. 

Field  and  Staff  and  Non-Commissioned  Staff 

*Colonel,  Charles  P.  Dare,  died  at  Philadelphia,  December,    1861. 
General,  (Colonel)  Thomas  H.  Neill,  died  at  Philadelphia,  March  12, 

1885. 

Surgeon,  George  Yeoman,  died  at  Philadelphia,  April  17,  1895. 
Surgeon,  Wm.  C.  Roller,  died  at  Hollidaysburg,  Pa.,  March  n,  1897, 
Quartermaster,  J.  D.  Chandler,  died  at  Passaic,  N.  ].,  Jan.  29,  1898. 
Chaplain,  Rev.  Jas.  G.  Shinn,  died  at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  Oct.,  1903. 
Sergeant-Major,  Frank  Maguigan,  died   at  Philadelphia,    Pa.,  March, 

1902. 
Quarter-master   Sergeant,    Oliver  Eckert,   died   at    Philadelphia,     Pa., 

June  15,  1883. 

Band 

Drum-Major,  L.  Landenburg,  died  at  Perkasie,  Pa. 
Band  Master,   Thebold  Herman,    died  at  Philadelphia,    Pa.,    May  21, 
1886. 

Benj.  Wiley,  died  at  Wilmington,  Del. 

John  Freeman,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  16,  1892. 

John  Birch,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

James  Nicholson,  died  at  Camden,  N.  J.,  September  17,  1900. 

Company  A 

Captain,  George  P.  Wood,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Lieutenant,  William  Foster,   died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Lieutenant,    Robert  McClelland,    died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. ,  November 
28,  1884. 

Blank,  William  J.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Barry,  Albert  B. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  May  27,  1895. 

Bartley,  William,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October  14,  1902. 

Foreman,  John,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

*Govett,  Louis,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

*Hansell,  Amos,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  6,  1890. 

Metcalf,  John  H.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,    December  24,  1898. 

McGraw,  Michael,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  i,  1894. 

Patterson,  Hugh,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  24,  1901. 

^Selkirk,  Robert,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Tully,  Joseph  M.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  January  i,  1886. 


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Tobin,  Francis,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Turner,  Alexander,  died  at  National  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. ,  1900. 
Turner,  William].,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January  28,  1901. 
Williams,  William,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  December  22,  1901. 

Company  B 

Lieutenant,  Henry  Crease,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  17,  1889. 
Bieger,  Philip,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,   July  12,  1901. 
Berg,  John  D. ,  died  at  Reading,  Pa. 
Coates,  Henry,  died  at  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Fow,  Jacob,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  December  15,  1892. 
George,  Alexander  Hamilton,  died  at  Elkton,  Md. 
Mathews,  Charles  W. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
McConnell,  H.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  May  10,  1882. 
Queen,  Jacob  C. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Rossler,  Henry  J. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Snivelly,  Charles  L.,  died  at  Erie,  Pa.,  July  24,  1901. 
Shaw,  Joseph  B.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January,  1883. 
Sharp,  Joseph,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January  26,  1888. 
Simon,  Bernard,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Sooy,  J.  A.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Stout,  A.  M.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  17,  1893. 
Sproal,  James  J.,  died  at  Newton  Square,  November  i,  1899. 
Taber,  J.  S.  C.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wagner,  Benj.  F. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  8,  1895. 
Walters,  A.  H.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Company  C 

Lieutenant,  Frank  Lynch,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  June  6,  1887. 
Lieutenant,  John  R.  Johnson,  died  at  Cleveland,  O.,  August  25,  1895. 

Brown,  Charles  H.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  24,  1895. 

Dorsey,  Thomas  F. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Elliott,  Washington,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Elliott,  Robt.  J.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Fischler,  Sebastion,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  21,  1885. 

Gardner,  Alexander,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,    December,  1901. 

Holmes,  John,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  September  23,  1894. 

Jennings,  John  W.  B.,  died  at  Tamaqua,  Pa. 

Kilrain,  John,  died  at  Tamaqua,  Pa. 

Larue,  Asa,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,   Erie,  Pa. 

Lapp,  John,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Erie,    Pa.,  June  20,    1903. 

McAllister,    John,    died  at  Atlantic   City,    N.   J.,    September    n, 
1901. 

McCabe,  Richard,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Ohio,  March  6,  1896. 

McCabe,  John,  died  at  Stafford,  Mo.,  November  i,  1902. 


424  HISTORY   OF   THE  TWENTY-THIRD    REGIMENT 


Orr,  John,  died  at  Brigeport,  Pa.,  May  12,  1888. 
Rigler,  H.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,   August  17,  1887. 
Smith,  Robt.  J.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  5,  1883. 
Seger,  Saml. ,  died  at  Bidwell,  Cal. ,  November  3,  1896. 
Thompson,    John,    died    at  Soldiers'    Home,    Cal.,    October   10, 

1898. 
*Till,  Charles   S. ,  died  at   Soldiers'    Home,    Erie,  Pa.,  April  24, 

1894. 

Van  Brunt,  Turnis  W. ,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Ohio. 
Wilhelm,  A.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  December  25,  1885. 
Weeks,  Saml.  S.,  died  at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J. 

Company  D 

Anthony,  Jno.  P. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

*Acton,  Nathaniel,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  25,  1902. 

Burton,  Jos.,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

*Biles,  Geo.  W.  M. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Campbell,  Jno.  M. ,  died  at  Ardmore,  Pa. 

Cargill,  J.  Jno.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  June  16,  1896. 

Dougherty,  Geo.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,    February   12,    1894. 

Galbraith,  Jno.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Holland,  Patk. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  9,  1902. 

James,  Wm. ,  died  at  Philadelphia.  Pa,,  May  6,  1884. 

Keely,  Jas. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  December  31,  1900. 

Lamon,  Martin,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January  16,  1900. 

Moore,  Wash.  O. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,    Pa.,    October   14,    1883. 

Milliken,  Thos.  J.,  died  at  New  Castle,  Del.,  August  9,  1885. 

McCuen,  Jas.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  24,   1889. 

McCorkel,  A.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  12,   1902. 

Neely,  Saml.  A.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  28,   1901. 

Sweeney,  Mchl. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

*Spear,  Kirk,  died  at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J. 

Shaw,  Wm.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  23,    1893. 

Steen,  And.  E. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,   May  21,    1897. 

Toland,  Neil,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

White,  Jos.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  May  29,  1896. 

^Wallace,  John,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Williams,  C.  S. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  December  4,    1898. 

Company    E 

Acton,  Jas.  B. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  10,    1896. 
Agnew,  Danl.  S. ,  died  at  Darby,  Pa. 

Brown,  Thos.  C. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  i,  1889. 
Buchanan,  Wm.,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  O.,  June  18,  1900. 
Buchanan,  Jas.,  died  at  Lananghan  Patch,  Pa.,  May  18,  1893. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY.  425 


Carr,  C. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Ellingsworth,  Saml. ,   died  at  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Graham,  Jas.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  1904. 

Hance,  Geo.  W.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  5,  1893. 

Jordan,  Jas.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  December  18,  1899. 

Kearney,  Wm.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  3,  1890. 

Keyes,  Wm.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  24,  1890. 

Kilpatrick,  Jno.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Lindsay,  Wm.  H.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  June  19,  1901. 

Marshall,  John,  Sergt. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Morgan,  Ed.  S. ,  died  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  18,  1891. 

McManus,  Jno. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

McFalls,  W.  J.,  diedatCoehs  City,   Ind. 

Pitts,  Alex.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  8,  1883. 

^Purser,  Spencer,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Kansas. 

Rankin,  J. ,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. 

Company    F 

*Capt.  J.  Keenside  White,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Atkinson,  Jos.  B.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,   September  5,  1897. 

Bodkins,  Robt. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  8,  1902. 

Carrigan,  Jno.  H.,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. ,   Dec.    25,  1900. 

Cazier,    Henry   H.,    died    at   Philadelphia,    Pa.,    Sept.  12,   1889. 

Doyle,  Jno.,  died  at  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  October  21,  1897. 

Donnelly,  Dan'l,  Sr. ,  died  at  Soldiers'    Home,  O. 

Donnelly,  Dan'l,  Jr.,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  O.,  Nov.  n,  1891. 

Earle,  Jas.  T.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January  18,  1896. 

Fisher,  Julius,  died  at  Gill  Hall,  Pa.,    December  15,  1887. 

Flanagan,  Wm.  R.,  died  at  Philadelphia  Pa. 

Graham,  Jas.  H.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  June  4,  1888. 

Hunterson,  Jno.  V.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hickey,  Patrick,  died  at  Kansas  City,    Mo.,  October  19,  1885. 

Johnson,  Alex.,  died  at  Philadelphia  Pa.,  August  u,  1901. 

Keesey,  W.  N.,  died  at  Marion,  Minn.,  March  28,  1902. 

Lukens,  Thos.  L.,  died  at  Marion,  Minn.,  March,    1898. 

Lukens,  Chas.  P.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January  24,  1897. 

Love,  Jas.  P.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January  6,  1886. 

McGarvey,  Wm.  H.,  Corporal,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McGarvey,  James,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McCabe,  Peter,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Miller,  Casper,  died  at  Dover,  Del.,  March  26,  1901. 

Whiteman,  Jacob  M.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Feb.  29,  1896. 

Wert,  Wm.  A. ,  died  at  Soldiers'    Home,  Va. 

Company  G 
Capt.  Jno.  Maxwell,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January  17,  1902. 


426  HISTORY   OF   THE   TWENTY-THIRD   REGIMENT 


Allibone,  Thos.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  8,  1898. 

Barclay,  Wm.  C. ,  died  at  Baltimore,  Md. 

Bunker,  Alfred,  died  at  Burlington,  N.  J. 

Boyd,  Andrew,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  20,    1885. 

*Baugh,  Louis  G. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Davis,  Jno.  S.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,    December  10,  1895. 

Fisher,  Fred.  K.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January  18,    1887. 

Gibson,  Jno.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October  9,  1902. 

Griffith,  Rich'd  A.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  9,  1886. 

Highley,  Wm.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Haddock,  Henry,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. ,  May  29,  1902. 

Hilsee,  Robt.  C.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  18,  1890. 

^Howard,  Geo.  W.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October  6,  1892. 

Johnson,  Geo.  W.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  23,  1896. 

Kerr,  George,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  1903. 

Mackenson,  Geo.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  1898. 

Mills,  Jno.,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. ,  November  5,    1890. 

Nacy,  Jas. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  September  26,  1886. 

Patterson,  Robt.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  24,  1886. 

Poole,  Jefferson,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January  26,    1890. 

Roe,  Wm.  R. ,  died  at  Brandt,  Pa.,  January  26,  1901. 

Sperry,  Sam'l  R. ,  died  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  January  17,   1900. 

Sarch,  John,  died  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  4,  1897. 

Company  H 

Captain,  James  M.  Craig,  died  at  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  February  9,  1899. 
Bailee,  A.  D.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October,  1890. 
Blanck,  Wm.,  Sr. ,  died  at  Camden,  N.  J.,  January  n,  1891. 
Forsythe,    Colin,    died  at  West   Elizabeth,    Pa.,   September  n, 

1887. 

Michael,  Thos.  H.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  June  19,  1890. 
McDermott,    Phillip,    died  at  Philadelphia,    Pa.,     November  26, 

1895- 

Roach,  Jno.,  died  at  Odessa,  Neb. 
Robinson,  Wm.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  1903. 
Spence,  James,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  28,  1903. 
Schall,  A.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October  28,  1882. 
Slaysman,  Geo.,  died  at  Sprague,  Wash.,  May  6,  1903. 
Smith,  Jas.  M.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  6,  1902. 
Uber,  David  H.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  19,    1903. 
*Watermyer,    Jno.    W. ,    died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  2, 

1898. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  427 


Company     I 

Albertson,  Sam'l  W.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  28,  1884. 

Brooks,  Geo. ,  died  at  Marietta,  Pa.,  September,  1894. 

Christy,  Jno. ,  died  at  Columbia,  Pa.,  November  12,  1885. 

Daley,  Jas.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Grannelo,  Frank,  died  at  Grand  Rapids,   Mich. 

Bobbins,  Joseph,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  1903. 

Lee,  John,  died  at  Peach  Bottom,  Pa. 

Moss,  Madison  B. ,  died  at  Paradise,  Pa. 

Stephens,  Wm. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  22,  1888. 

Sipple,  Benj.,  died  at  Washington,    Pa. 

Wright,  Chas.,  died   1887. 

Wike,  Geo.  W. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,   Pa. 

Company    K. 

Bulmer,  Edward,  died  at  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Bishop,  Sam'l,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  27,  1901. 

Cornell,  Jesse,  died  at  Galveston,  Texas. 

Dinsmore,  Jno.,  died  at  Philadelphia,    Pa.,  December    13,    1895. 

Edmundson,  H.  G. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

*Fulmer,  Michael,  died  April  19,  1899. 

Gormley,  Jno.  J.,  died  at  New  Castle,  Del.,  1893. 

Howard,  Lewis,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. ,  1903. 

Joynes,  Richmond,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  December,  1901. 

Kelly,  Thomas,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  1903. 

Kelly,  James,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  2,    1888. 

Lane,  Jos.,  died  as  East  Brady,    Pa.,  1893. 

Murgatroyde,  Jno.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  19,  1899. 

*Moore,  Robt. ,  died  at  Cross  Keys,  N.  J. 

Morad,  Peter,  died  at  Philadelphia,    Pa. 

McKim,  Wm.,  died  at  Burlington,  N.  J. 

McKnight,  Jno.,  died  at  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

McByrne,  Chas.,  died  at  Soldiers'  Home,  Va. ,  October  3,    1897. 

Sterling,  Hugh,  died  at  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  February  24,  1902. 

Spear,  David,  died  at  Gloucester,  N.  J. 

Stull,  Jno.,  died  at  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Schreiner,  Jno.  J. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,   Pa. 

Woodhouse,  Geo.  W.,  died  at  Philadelphia,    Pa.,  December   27, 

1887. 

Wells,  Jno.  M.,  died  at  Burlington,  N.  J.,  October   18,    1894. 
*Wilson,  Aug.  H.,  died  at  Turnersville,   N.  J. 
Wilson,  Ed.  B.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,    1904. 

Company  L 

Atwood,  Dan'l  T.,  died  at  Darby,  Pa.,  July  7,    1898. 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  TWENTY-THIRD  REGIMENT 


Company    O 

Duross,  Jas.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  18,  1903. 
Carroll,  Edwin  A.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,    December,  1885. 
Foley,  Jas. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Orr,  Robt.  L.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  14,    1894. 
Ryan,  Jno.  W. ,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Company    F 

Clark,  Sam'l,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  May  18,  1896. 
Sobbe,  Walter,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January  2,  1902. 

Company    R 

Albertson,  Levi  B.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  15,  1901. 
Fisher,  Jos.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October  8,  1903. 
Jones,  Wm.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  19,  1890. 
Lippincott,  Richard  R.,  died  at  Rancocas,  N.  J.,    May  31,  1901 
Steward,  Sam'l  P.,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Mar  22,  1890.. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY.  429 


TRIBUTE  TO  THE  WOMEN  OF  THE 
UNION 

There  were  none  who  won  more  deservingly  the  title  of 
heroes  than  the  women  of  the  Republic,  while  their  kin  were 
off  to  the  front,  the  mothers,  wives,  sisters,  and  other  fellow's 
sisters  were  cheering  on  the  work  by  their  loving  messages, 
caring  for  the  sick  and  wounded,  providing  for  the  aged  and 
children,  bearing  all  the  privations  and  suffering  uncomplain 
ingly  at  home.  The  story  of  their  devotion  to  the  cause  of 
their  country  will  never  be  told.  Medals  of  honor  have  been 
awarded  by  a  grateful  nation  to  its  soldiers  and  sailors  for 
distinguished  conduct  in  action.  What  shall  be  the  reward  of 
these  heroic  and  unselfish  women?  While  the  Government 
cannot  grant  them  recognition  for  their  deeds  of  valor,  the 
Survivors  of  the  Twenty-third  can  assure  them  that  they  have 
the  undying  affection  and  veneration  of  the  ones  they  loved, 
and  as  part  of  that  great  army  and  navy  of  the  Union,  they 
stand  at  attention  and  salute  them  for  their  heroism. 


ADDITIONS  AND    CORRECTIONS. 

Page  60— On  8th  line,  should  read,  U.  S.  A. 

Page  82 — On  38th  line,  should  read,  Ninetieth  (goth). 

Page  184— Roll  of  Co.  I,  add  Corporal  Lane  died  at  Camp  Graham, 

Page  187— Original  enlistment  killed,  should  read  108. 

Page  217— Roll  of  Co.  E,  add  Graham,  James,  discharged  on  Surg.  cert. 

Page  236— List  of  Co.  I,  add  Lane,  Corporal,  died  Camp  Graham. 


NOTE:. 

The  thanks  of  the  organization  is  extended  to  Comrade  John  L.  Smith,  late 
of  the  uSth  P.  V.,  map  publisher,  Philadelphia,  and  to  Colonel  Noble  D.  Pres 
ton,  late  of  the  loth  New  York  Cavalry,  Philadelphia,  for  the  use  of  several 
cuts  which  appear  in  this  publication. 


430 


INDEX. 


INDEX. 


•  13 

•  45 

•  65 

•  75 
.    84 
.  100 

.    101 

.  146 

.  170 

.  173 

150 

•  429 


Around  Bivouac  Fire  .... 
Armstrong,  Thos.  J.,  Lieut.  . 
Abercrombie,  J.  J.,  Brig.  Gen. 
Abandoning  Winter  Camp  .  . 

Ames,  John  C 

A  Wounded  Picket 

Appelgate,  David 

Along  the  Chickahominy    .    . 

Albany,  Andrew  J 

Ambulance 

Albertson,  William  H.  .  .    . 
Additions  and  Corrections  .    . 

B 

Burnside,  Ambrose  E.,  Maj.  Gen.    33 

Burying  a  Comrade 38 

Boyd,  John  G.,  Lieut 42 

Buell,  Don  Carlos,  Maj.  Gen.    .    .    53 

Bantom,  Henry  W 76 

Battery  Going  Into  Action  ....    90 

Born,  Peter 99 

Boyd,  John 123 

Baker,  W.  J 152 

Battle  of  Malvern  Hill 157 

Boyd,  Robert 174 

Brown,  James 280 

Bolestridge,  James  J 298 

Birney,  David  B.,  Col.,  Maj. -Gen  .      i 

Boggs,  Thomas  K 179 

Bantom,  William  H 270,  355 


Curtin,  Andrew  G.,  Governor  .    .    10 

Craig,  James  M.,  Capt 49 

Camp  Graham    ....  ...    54 

Couch,  Darius  N.,  Maj.  Gen.  ...    57 

Carroll,  John 60 

Clark,  George 66 

Capt.  Louis  Hillebrand,         } 

ist  Sgt.  William  R.  Peddle,    }•    .    .    80 

Captain  Cook, 

Clark,  William,  Major 108 

Colwell,  James,  Lieut 134 

Crease,  Henry 155 

Crawford,  George 166 

Colville,  David 171 

Council  of  Administration  ....  277 

Culberton,  Ed.  A 288 

Cornell,  Jesse 302 

Gulp's  Hill 308 

Chandler,  J.  D.,  Quar.  Mas.  .  .  .179 
Chadwick,  Thomas  I.  .  .  270,  391 
Canteen,  "Miles  O'Reilly "  .  .  .  247 

Companies  L.  O.  P.  R 248-269 

Company  Street,  Camp  Graham  .  349 

Crosby,  John  W.,  Col 249 

Chaplain  Shinn's  Oration,  ' '  Gettys 
burg" .  384-413 

Corn,  Lawrence 387 

California  Joe 413 


D 

Delivering  Papers 12 

Dougherty,  John 94 

Dash,  Fire  Dog 125 

Davenport,  H.  M .161 

Dedication  of  Monument  at  Gettys 
burg    287-290 

Duswald,  Samuel  C 304 

Dare,  Charles  P.,  Col i 

Dorsey,  Thomas 323 

Donahue,  Charles 359 


E 


Endorsement 4 

Ernst,  Henry 82 

Eisenbarth,  Ed.  F 104 

Eberhardt.  William in 

Eckert,  Oliver  T 150,  273 

Elliott,  Robert 300 

Elliott,  Washington 300 

Ely,  John,  Col.,  Brig.-Gen  ....      i 
Ely  Medal 335 


F 

Forebaugh,  Sol 

Franklin,  W.  B.,  Maj.  Gen.     . 

Festivities  in  Camp 

Fire  in  Camp  ....... 

Fassitt,  John  B.,  Capt 

Fritsch,  Henry  G.,  Capt.    .    . 

Fow,  Jacob 

Fow,  Daniel 

Field  and  Staff  at  Muster-out 

Finley,  William 

Farran,  William  J 

Fraley,  George  W 

Fowler,  William  A 

Fullerton,  James            .    .    .    . 
Familiar  Scene,  1863 


34 
46 
70 
95 

120 

131 
141 
149 
179 
272 
277 
331 

347 
371 
374 


Grant,  U.  S.,  General  .    . 
General  Meade's  Headquarters  . 

Graham,  William 

Garsed,  Joshua  S.,  Lieut.    .    .    . 

Green,  William 

Griffiths,  Richard  A.,  Lieut.  .    . 

Gibson,  James 

Gibson,  John 


28 

81 

IO2 
107 
164 
I69 
28l 
293 

Glenn,  John  F.,  Col.    .    .    .  i,  179,  270 
Graeber,  Daniel 277,407 


INDEX — CONTINUED. 


431 


Hooker,  Joseph,  Maj.  Gen.  ...    35 

Habbermaker,  Thomas 47 

Harp,  Jacob 52 

Hazlett,    Mathew 92 

Huber,  Frederick 106 

Henry,  James  .      .        no 

Heyer,  Jacob,  Capt. 135 

Hickman,  JobT.,  Lieut 153 

Huber,  Charles  F 175,  277 

Hogg,  Charles 177 

Hickey,  Patrick  .......  178,  295 

Henderson,  John 270,  365 

Harm,  John 340 

Howell,  George  D 250 


I 


Introductory 


ohnston,  James,  Lieut 41 

ohnson,  William 64 

ohnston,  John  R.,  Lieut 116 

ohnson,  Alexander 289 

Johnson,  John  G 305 


Keyes,  Erasmus  D.,  Maj.  Gen.  .  .    43 

Keith,  Jacob 85 

Kelly,  James    .    .       170 


Lincoln,  Abraham,  The  President      5 

Linton,  William 39 

Linton,  John  S 73,  277 

Linnard,  James  M.,  Capt 87 

Little,  John  E 96 

Little,  William  R.  . 119 

Lynch,  Frank,  Lieut 124 

Loyal  Girl  of  Winchester    ....  165 
List   of  Battles   in  which   was  in 
curred  killed  and  wounded,  23d 

P.  V. 187 

List  of  Killed   and  Wounded   of 

those  transferred  from  23d  P.V.  188 
Lady  Friends  at  Dedication  of  23d 
P.  V.  Monument  at  Gettysburg.  296 

Lomax,  Elias 297 

Lapp,  John 329 

List  of  Names  and  Addresses  of 
Those  on  the  Trip  to  Gettys 
burg  .  .  375-383 

List  of  those  of  the  23d  P.  V.  who 
have  died  since  the  muster-out 
of  the  Regiment 422-428 

M 

Meade,  George  G.,  Maj.  Gen.    .    .  37 

Marchant,  Henry  A.,  Capt 44 

Malvern  Hill  House  .......  58 

Maguire,  William 86 

Mullin,  James 88 

Myers,  William  H .    .  91 

Mitchell,  George  P 117 


M 

Masland,  James  ....  127 

Milford,  William  W 136 

Moffitt,  John 145 

Maguigan,  Frank,  Sgt.  Maj.    .    .    .  160 

Monument,  23d  P.  V 286 

Maxwell,  John,  Capt 299 

Miller,  Richard  J 277,  385 

Martin,  Thomas  S.,  Capt 327 

Michals,  Thomas  H 367 

Mickle,  Aden  B 369 

Mooney,  John 400 

McClellan,  George  B.,  Maj.  Gen.    30 

McGinnis,  John 55 

McKernon,  John 69 

McMichael,  Hugh 71 

McFadden,  Neil  ...  133 

McCorkill,  Arch '.'.'.  144 

McKinney,  Joseph 167,  277 

McKinney,  William 167 

McGinnis,  James 172,  277 

McClung,  John 281 

McCormick,  Michael 294 

McCabe,  John 357 

N 

Nice  Day  on  Picket 4 

Nothing  Doing — Game  at  Cards   .    51 

Newton,  John,  Maj.  Gen 59 

Non-commissioned  Staff 150 

Neill,  Thomas  H.,  Col.,  Brig.-Gen     i 

Newberg.  Robert  C 277,  353 

Neville,  F.  A 150 

Note 429 


Officers — Survivors'  Association  .  270 


Patterson,   Robert,  Maj.  Gen.    .    .      9 

Palmer,  Dewitt  C 89 

Powell,  Alexander 114 

Palmer,  George  W 154 

Patterson,  James 275 

Pommer,  G.  A 283 

Palmer,  Edwin,  Capt 303 

Peifer,  George  F 277,  336 

Palmore,  Stephen 363 

R 

Regimental  Commanders    ....      i 

Record  of  Officers  and  Men  of  the 

23d  P.V. — 3  months'  service.     14-27 
Russell,  Albert  G.  ...        .    .    .    .    61 

Russell,  David  A.,   Maj.  Gen.    .    .    63 

Reen,  John  F 72 

Roe,  William  R 122 

Reminiscences  —  Camps   Graham 

and  Birney 126-127 

Reminiscences  —  Warwick  Court 
House,  Yorktown,  Williams- 
burg,  Fair  Oaks,  Seven  Days' 

Fight 128-139 

Reminiscences— Bull  Run  and  An- 
tietam  Campaign 140-141 


432 


INDEX— CONTINUED. 


R 

Reminiscences  —  Fredericksburg, 
Marye's     Heights     and     Salem 
Church  Campaign  ....      142-150 
Reminiscences — Gettysburg  Cam 
paign  T5I-I55 

Reminiscences  —  Rappahannock 
Station,  Mine  Run,  Brandy  Sta 
tion,  Johnson  Island  ....  156-158 
Reminiscences — North  Anna  and 

Cold  Harbor  Campaigns  .  .  159-161 
Reminiscences — Petersburg,    Fort 
Stevens   and  Shenandoah   Val 
ley  Campaigns 162-169 

Roll  of  those  who  died  in  service, 

23d  P.  V 180-185 

Record  of  Officers  and  Men  of  the 
23d  P.  Y.,  3  years'  service  .  189-247 

Reunion,  Fair  Oaks 278-279 

Reunion,  Cold  Harbor 279 

Reunion,  Marye's  Heights  .    .  279-282 

Roe,  Jesse  R.  B 282 

Reunion,  Malvern  Hill  ....  282-285 
Re-dedication    of     Monument    at 

Gettysburg 291-316 

Right  and   Rear  of  Little  Round 

Top 306 

Rear  of  Left  Centre 310 

Roller,  William  C.,  Surg 179 

Rees,  Henry,  Jr.,  Maj 179 

Rumney,  John  .  277 

Roll  of  those  who  died  in  service, 

Companies  L.  O.  P.  R.  251-253 

Record  of  Officers  and  Men,  Cos. 
L.    O.    P.    R.    (formerly  of  the 

23d  P.  V. ) 254-269 

Reunion  "Shaler's Brigade"  .  317-374 


Scott,  Winfield,  Lieut.  Gen.   ...      7 

Stack  Arms  .    .........    27 

Shaw,  Zachariah  .....  .....    31 

Sheridan,  Philip  H.,  Maj.  Gen.   .    .    40 
Sedgwick,  John,  Maj.  Gen  .....    48 

Shaler's  Brigade  .........    56 

Shaler,  Alexander,   Brig.  Gen.  .    .    67 
Shellady,  John  ....  ...    68 

Schaffer,  Anthony  .  .    ......    74 

Sweeney,  James  .........    77 

Skirmishers  ..........    83 

Speakman,  Louis  J  ........  115 

Stokley,  Joseph  ...  ...  130 

Song  —  "  23d  at  Fair  Oaks  "    .    .    .132 
Smith,  Archibald   ....        .        .137 

Song  —  "Seven  Days'  Fight"  .  138-139 
Survivors'  Association,  23d  P  Y  271-276 
Sloan,  William  I)  .........  274 

Survivors  of  23d  P.  Y.  at  Dedica 
tion  of  Monument  .......  292 


Song  —  "  Guard  the  Flag  " 

Shinn,  J.  G.,  Chaplain     . 
Simon,  Frederick    P 
Stengle,  Philip 
Staiger,  Gottleib    .... 
Smallwood,  Charles  E 
Sad  News  from  the  Front 


.316 
179,  270 
270,  320 
343 
351 


277 
277 


Slaysmen,  Charles  R 345 

Spear,  George  C.,  Col 248 

Snowden,  Thomas  W 407 

Strenner,  Lewis 407 

Survivors  of  23d  P.Y.,  names  and 
addresses 414-421 


Title 2 

Twenty-third  P.V.,  3  months'  ser 
vice 6-27 

Thomas,  George  H.,  Maj.  Gen.  .  .      8 
Twenty-third   P.  Y.,  3  years'   ser 
vice 29-247 

Tate,  Henry 62 

Tate,  James 109 

Taylor,  Frank,  Capt.    ......  124 

"They    Drank    from    the    Same 

Canteen  " 163 

Table   of    Killed,  Wounded,  etc., 
23d  P.  Y.,  3  years'  service  .    .    .  186 

Thomas,  William 285 

"  Talking  it  Over  " 301 

"Thoughts   of     Loved     Ones    at 

Home" 325 

Tail  Piece  cut  on  Soldiers'  Letter  .  338 
Tribute  to  the  women  of  the  Union  429 

u 

Ups  and  Downs  of  Camp  Life   .    .  148 

Uber,  William  L 168 

Uber,  David  H. 176 

V 

Volunteer     Refreshment     Saloon 
and  Cooper  Shop 105 

W 

Winter  Quarters 32 

Williamson,  James  G.,  Lieut.     .    .    36 
Wright,  Horatio  G.,  Maj.  Gen.  .  .    50 

Webster,  Ira 79,  150 

Wash  from  Same  Canteen  ....    93 

"Who  Wants  It?" 97 

Wounded  on  Skirmish  Line  ...    98 

Wilson,  John 103 

Wilhelm,  Charles,  Lieut.  Col.    .      118 

White,  Joseph  H.  . 121 

Wood,  George,  Capt 129 

Wray,  William  J 178,  270 

Webb,  George  E .284 

Wallace,  William  J.,  Lieut. Col.  179,  270 

Worth,  Frank  N .    .    73 

Weeks,  Samuel 318 

Whirligig,  Camp  Graham 361 

Warner,  Martin      389 

Wilkins,  Alexander  P 407 


Yocum,  Jacob  H 
Yeomans,  G.  W.,  Asst.  Surg 
Young,  John 


.  112 

•  143 
.  147 


385 
185 


Spence,  Matthew    ........  337 


Zaun,  John 


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